ACTS  AND  RESOLUTIONS 


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ACTS  AND  RESOLUTIONS. 


No.  193.]  AN  ACT 

To  authorize  the  appointment  of  A-genta  to  sign  Treasury 

Notes. 

Section   I.   Tht  is  of  the  Confederate  States  do  enact, 

That  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  is  authorized  to  appoint 
offici  Lst  the  Register  and  Treasurer  in  preparing  and 

signing  such  Treasury  Notes  as  are  already  authorized,  or 
r  be  authorized,  by  a<  t  of  Congress  ;  and  the 
iture  of  any  such  officer  in  behalf  of  the  Register  or  of 
the  Treasurer,  shall  be  as  effectual  to  all  intents  and  pur- 
poses, as  if  the  same  had  been  made  by  the  Register  or  the 
Treasurer  in  person. 

A]       >    ■  d,  July  2-1,  1861. 


[94.]  AN  ACT 

Relating  to  the  Pre-payment  of  ].  in  certain  ca; 

•  tion  1.  The  Congress  of  t!>c  Confederate  Sides  of  Ame- 
rica do  enact,  That  all  letters  and.  other  matter  authorized  by 
law* to  be  transmitted  through  the  mails,  written  or  sent  by 
any  officer,  musician  or  prival  army  engaged  in   the 

actual  -  in  i<  e  of  the  <  itted 

through  the  mails  to  any  other  place  in   the   Confederate 
it   pre-paymenl   of   ;  uch 

collected  u]  iry  of  su 

:    Provided,  nevertheless,  that   in  all  Buch  c 
the  I  .'   rs  and  other  mail  m  "  be  endoi  •  e  1  with 

I  shall   1  »unt  el'  the  individual  SCI 

'.  Bhall  conti  in  a  .    who 


sends  the  same,  by  endorsement  of  his  military  title,  if  an 
officer,  or  of  the  company  and  regiment  to  which  he  belongs, 
if  a  musician  or  private. 

Sec.  2.  That  letters  and  other  mail  matter  sent  to  any 
officer,  musician  or  private,  in  the  Confederate  States  Army, 
at  any  point  from  which  the  said  officer,  musician  or  private 
may  have  been  lawfully  removed,  shall  be  forwarded  to  the 
person  to  whom  directed  at  the  post  office  nearest  which  he 
may  have  been  removed,  free  of  additional  postage. 

Sec.  3.  That  on  letters  transmitted  by  a  member  of  Con- 
gress, with  his  official  signature  endorsed  on  the  same,  pre- 
payment of  postage  shall  not  be  required,  but  the  same  may 
be  paid  on  the  delivery  of  the  letters  thus  transmitted. 

Sec  4.  Any  person  attempting  to  violate  the  provisions 
of  this  act  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  shall  for- 
feit and  pay  the  sum  of  twenty  dollars,  to  be  recovered  be- 
fore any  Justice  of  the  Peace  having  cognizance  thereof. 

Approved,  July  29,  1861. 


No.  195.]  A  RESOLUTION 

To  dispose  of  Donations  made  by  certain  Churches  on  the 
late  Fast  Day. 

Resolved  by  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate  S'.ates  of  Ame- 
rica, That  the  sum  of  five  thousand  two  hundred  and  seven- 
ty-eight dollars  and  eighty-eight  cents,  reported  by  the  Sec- 
retary of  the  Treasury  as  received  into  the  Treasury  from 
donations  by  churches,  on  the  late  fast  day,  be  appropriated 
as  a  fund  for  the  use  of  the  soldiers  and  officers  wounded  at 
the  late  battle  of  Manassas ;  and  that  the  same  be  disbursed 
and  applied  by  the  Secretary  of.  the  Treasury,  with  the  con- 
currence of  the   Chairman  of  the  Committee  of  the  House. 

Approved,  July  30,  1861. 


No.  106.]  RESOLUTIONS 

In  relation  to  the.  First  Regiment  of  North  Carolina  Vol- 
unteers. 

Resolved  by  the  Congress  of  the  Confedei-ate  States  of  Ame- 


rica,  That  the  President  be  and  he  is  here])}-,  authorized  to 
receive  and  muster,  into  the  service  of  the  Confederate 
States  of  America,  the  First  Regiment  of  North  Carolina 
Volunteers,  now  stationed  at  Yorktown,  for  the  term  of  six 
months,  from  the  time  they  were  sworn  in  and  mustered  into 
the  service  of  North  Carolina,  and  to  discharge  them  after 
the  expiration  of  that  period;  said  period  to  ci  e  at 

the  time  the  first  company  of  said  regiment  was  mustered 
into  the  service  of  North  Carolina. 

Rewired,  further.  That  the  Cadets  from  1  lie  North  Carolina 
Institute,  at  Charlotte,  who  may  have  been  acting  with 
regiment,  be  mustered  into  service  in  the  same  manner  as 
the  residue  of  the  regiment,  and  recognized  as  part  thereof. 
with  the  pay  of  privates. 

Approved,  July  30,  1861. 


No.  197.]  AN  ACT 

Relative  to  money  deposited  in  the  Registries  and  Receivers 
of  the  Courts. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Ame- 
do  e?iact,  That  all  moneys  heretofore  paid  into  the 
Registries  and  Receivers  of  the  several  Courts  of  the  United 
States,  formerly  existing  in  these  <  lonfederate  Slates,  shall  be 
sited  in  the  Treasury  of  the  Confederate  States;  and  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Judges  of  (lie  several  Corn-  of  the 
Confederate  States,  now  having  jurisdiction  v\  er  the  disj 
of  the  said  sums  of  money,  to  withdraw  the  same  from  the 
R  istries  and  Receivers  of  the  Courts,  and  pay  the  amount 
thereof  to  th  ry  of  the  Tl 

.   It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Treas- 
ury ;<>  issue,  in    lieu  of  the  amounts   of  money  paid  to   him 

foresaid,  an  equal  amount   in  bonds  of  these    Confed- 
.  bearing  interest  a;  five  per  c  sntum  per  annum. 

I  d   into  such  sums  as  shall  '"•  required  by  the  Judges 
making  the  payment  ;  the  capital  and  interest  of  said  b 
being  made   payable  only  when   payment   thereof  shall    be 
ordered  by  a  decree  of  i'      I  having  jurisdiction  ■ 

the  disposal  thereof.  Said  bonds  shall  be  made  payable  to 
the  order  of  the  Judge  of  the  Court  by  whom  tie'  payment 
is  made  into  the  Treasury,  and  of  his  successors  in  office ; 


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and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  to 
make  payment  of  said  bonds  and  all  accruing  interest,  on 
demand  and  presentation  thereof,  accompanied  by  a  duly 
certified  copy  of  the  order  of  Court  directing  such  payment. 
Sec.  3.  That  all  sums  of  money  deposited  in  the  Regis- 
tries and  Receivers  of  the  several  Courts  of  these  Confede- 
rate States,  or  that  may  hereafter  be  so  deposited,  shall,  if 
remaining  undisposed  of  during  six  months  from  the  date  of 
the  deposit,  be  transferred  in  like  manner  as  is  above 
provided,  to  the  Treasury  of  the  Confederate  States,  and  be 
replaced  by  bonds  to  be  issued  in  like  manner,  and  payable 
on  the  like  terms  and  conditions,  in  all  respects,  as  provided 
in  the  second  section  of  this  act. 

xIpproved  August  1,  1SG1. 


No.  198.]  AN  ACT 

Further  to  amend  an  Act  entitled  an  "  Act  to  establish  the 
Judicial  Courts  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America." 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Amer- 
ica, do  enact,  That  so  much  of  the  act  approved  March  16, 
)  861,  entitled  "  An  act  to  establish  the  Judical  Courts  of 
the  Confederate  States  of  America,"  as  directs  the  holding 
of  a  session  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  Confederate  States 
in  January  next,  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed;  and 
no  session  of  the  Supreme  Court  shall  be  held  until  that 
Court  shall  be  organized  under  the  provisions  of  the  Perma- 
nent Constitution  of  the  Confederate  States,  and  the  laws 
passed  in  pursuance  thereof. 

Sec.  3.  All  writs  of  error  and.  appeals  taken  or  prosecuted 
from  the  District  Courts  of  the  Confederate  States,  prior  to 
the  organization  of  the  Supreme  Court,  under  the  Perma- 
nent Constitution,  shall  be  made  returnable  on  the  second 
Monday  of  the  first  term  to  be  held  by  the  Supreme  Court, 
after  its  establishment  under  the  Permanent  Constitution. 

Sec  3.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  the  Clerks  of  the  several 
District  Courts  to  issue  writs  of  error  under  the  seal  of  said 
District  Courts,  returnable  to  the  Supreme  Court,  in  the 
same  manner,  as  nearly  as  may  be,  as  the  Clerk  of  the 
Supreme  Court  may,  by  law,  issue  such  writs,  and  with  the 
same  force  and  effect  as  if  issued  by  said  Clerk  of  the  Su- 
preme Court. 


Sec.  4.  The  jurisdiction  of  the  District  Courts  of  the 
Confederate  States,  shall  extend  to  all  cases  in  law  or  equity 
arising  under  the  Revenue  Laws  of  the  Confederate  States. 
for  which  other  provisions  are  not  already   m  law; 

and,  if  any  person  shall  receive  any  injury  to  his  person 
or  property,  for,  or  on  account  of  any  act  by  him  done, 
under  any  law  of  the  Confederate  rotection. 

or  collection  of  the  revenue,  he  shall  be  entiil  •]  to  main 
suit  for  damage  therefor,  in  the  District  Court   of  the  Con- 
federate States,  under  who  i  diction  the  party  doing  the 
injury  may  reside. 

Approved  July  31,  18G1. 


No.  199.]  AN  ACT 

To  authorize  the  distribution  of  the  proceeds   of  the  sale  of 
the  A.  13.  Thompson,  condemned  as  a  pri 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  . 
That  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  the   ship  A.  13.  Thompg 
taken  by  the  Confederate  States  shin  of  war,  the  >  ady  Da^  is, 
and  condemned  as  a  prize,  under  a  decree  of  the  Confederate 
States  Court,  for  the  Di  of  South  Carolina,  when  paid 

into  the  Treasury,  shall   he  distributed   by  the  Secretar; 

Navy,  according  to  the         '     ms  of  the  act  of  the  United 
States  of  April  23d,  1800,  entitled  '-An  a  the  better 

government  of  the  Navy  <  I':1'"  United  Slates,"  and  made  of 
force  by  an  act  of  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States,  <>!' 
February  9th,  1861,  entitled  "  o  continue  in  force  cer- 

tain laws  of  the  United  Stal      of  America."'  ra  ing  Captain 
Elliott  and  his   detachment — declared  joint   captors  by  the 
said    decree — as     marines,    according    to     their    r 
ranks. 

ArrnovF.D  August  1,  1861. 


AX  ACT 

To  .amend  An  "  act  to  establish   the  Judicial   I  f  the 

Confederate  States  of  America. 

The  f'oDpri -s  <  f  the  ('< 
That    the  ion   i|*i:  ion  of    the  "Act    to 


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establish  the  Judicial  Courts  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
America,"  which  allows  mileage  to  the  District  Attorney, 
shall  he  modified  to  read  as  follows,  namely,  "  And  when 
there  are  two  or  more  divisions  in  the  District  for  which  he 
is  appointed,  he  shall  be  allowed  mileage  at  the  rate  of  ten 
cents  per  mile,  for  going  to  and  returning  from  the  Court 
which  is  most  distant  from  his  place  of  residence ;  to  be 
computed  on  the  most  usual  line  of  travel." 

Approved  August  1,  1861. 


No.  201.]  AN  ACT 

To  make  provision  for  the  care  of  supplies  for  the  sick  and 

wounded. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact, 
That  the  Secretary  of  War  shall  forthwith  appoint  a  clerk 
in  the  office  of  the  Surgeon-General,  to  take  charge  of  all 
Hospital  supplies  and  other  articles  which  may  be  contrib- 
uted for  the  use  of  the  sick  and  wounded  ;  and  the  same  to 
dispose  of,  according  to  the  wishes  of  the  contributors, 
under  the  direction  of  the  Medical  Department  of  the  army ; 
the  salary  of  the  said  clerk  not  to  exceed  one  thousand  dol- 
lars ;  and  the  said  clerk  shall  be  authorized,  under  the 
direction  of  the  Surgeon-General,  to  procure  and  fit  up  a 
proper  place  for  the  safe  keeping  and  proper  disposal  of  the 
said  articles. 

Approved  August  2,  1881. 


No.  202.]  AN  ACT 

To  amend  an  Act,  entitled  "  An  act  to  make  further  provis- 
ions for  the  Public  Defence,"  approved  11th  May,  1861 ; 
and  to  amend  an  Act  entitled  "An  act  to  increase  the 
Military  Establishment  of  the  Confederate  States  ;-"  and 
to  amend  the  "  Act  for  the  establishment  and  organization 
of  the  Army  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America." 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact, 
That  the  third  section  of  the  act  entitled  "An  act  to  make- 
further  provision  for  the  public  defence,"  approved  11th  May, 
1S61,  be  amended  by  striking  out  of  said  section  the  words, 


"  detailed  from  the  regular  army ;"  and  further,  that  the 
ninth  section  of  the  act  entitled  "An  act  to  increase  the 
military  establishment  of  the  Confederate  States,"  and  to 
amend  the  "act  for  the  establishment  and  organization  of 
the  army  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America,"  approved 
16th  May,  1861,  be  amended,  by  adding  thereto  the  follow- 
ing clause:  "  And  thai  the  President  may,  in  his  discretion, 
upon  the  application  and  recommendation  of  a  Major  Gen- 
eral, or  Brigadier  General,  appoint  from  civil  life  persons  to 
the  staff  of  such  officer,  who  shall  have  the  same  rank  and 
pay  as  if  appointed  from  the  army  of  the  Confederate 
States. 

Approved  August  3,  1861. 


No.  203.]  AN  ACT 

To  provide    for    an  additional    field     officer    to    volunteer  % 
battalions,  and  for  the  appointment  of  Assistant  Adjutants 
General  for  the  Provisional  forces. 

Section  1 .  Be  it  enacted  by  'the  Congress  of  the.  Confederate 
States  of  America,  That  the  eighth  section  of  the  act  of 
March  6th,  1861,  "  To  provide  for  the  public  defence,"  he, 
and  the  same  is  hereby,  so  far  amended  that  whenever  bat- 
talions of  volunteers  in  the  service  of  the  Confederate  States 
shall  consist  of  not  less  than  six  companies,  there  may  be 
allowed,  in  the  discretion  of  the  President,  to  each  battalion 
so  constituted,  two  field  officers,  one  with  the  rank  of  Lieu- 
tenant Colonel  and  the  other  with  the  Vank  of  Major. 

.  J.  That  the  President  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorized 
to  appoint  for  the  volunteer  forces  in  the  Confederate  service, 
as  many  assistant  Adjutants-General  as  the  service  may 
require,  whose  rank'  shall  correspond  with  the  rank  of  the 
assistant  Adjutants-General  in  the  regular  army,  and  who 
shall  receive  the  same  pay  and  allowances,  according  to  their 
respe<  tive  grades. 

Approved  August  2,  1861. 


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No-.  204.]  AN  x\CT 

To  extend  the  provisions  of  an  Act  entitled  Ci  An  act  to 
prohibit  the  exportation  of  cotton  from  the  Confederate 
States,  except  through  the  seaports  of  said  States,  and  to 
punish  persons  offending  therein,"  approved  May  2 J, 
1861. 

Sec.  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  State.s  of  America,  do 
enact,  That  the  provisions  of  the  above  recited  act  be,  and  the 
same  are  hereby  extended,  andjmade  applicable  to  the  exporta- 
tion of  tobacco,  sugar,  rice,  molasses,  syrup  and  naval  stores, 
from  the  Confederate  States,  from  and  after  the  tenth  day  of 
August  next. 

Approved  August  2,  1861. 


No,  205.]  AN  ACT 

To  amend  an  act  in  relation  to  the  issue  of  Treasury  Notes. 

Whereas,  by  an  act  of  Congress,  approved  the  9th  March 
1861,  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  is  authorized  to  issue 
certain  Treasury  Notes  in  lieu  of  a  first  issue  of  such  notes ; 
and  it  is  provided  that  the  whole  issue  shall  at  no  time  ex- 
ceed one  million  of  dollars  ;  and  it  is  deemed  advisable  now 
to  remove  the  restriction,  the  Congress  of  the  Cbfrj 
States  of  America  do  enact,  That  the  other  Ti\. 
authorized  to  be  issued  by  the  Secretary  of,  t> 
under  the  provisions  of  the  said  act>q^k-feiis,  in 
at  any  time,  with  the  Approbation ,o0«k 
before  or  after  the  calling  in  of  the  fir^r  m-rr.~ 
that  the  whole  issue  outstanding -at  any  one  tr 
exceed  two  millions  of  dollars.  . ' 

Approved  August  3,  1861. 

■  ,.;■ 

No.  206.]  AN  ACT 

To  amend  "  An  Act  to  provide  Revenue  from  Commodities 
Imported  from  Foreign  Countries,"  approved  May  21, 
1861. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact, 
That  the  following  alterations  and  amendments  be,  and  the 


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same  arc  hereby,  made  to  the  "  Act  to  provide  reven 
commodities    imported    from  foreign  countries,"    approved 
May  21,  1861,  to  wit :  That  the  woi  La," 

and  the    words  "paving  and  roofing  tiles  and  bricks  and 
roofing  slates*  and  fire  bricks,"  in  schedule    C  of  said 
be.  and  the  same  are  hereby,  stricken  out  of  an  aled 

in  said  schedule,  and  that  in  the 

■numeration  of  the  various  kinds  of  iron,  after  the  \ 
"slabs.'"  the  word  "  sheet  or  other  form,"  are  hereby  inser- 
ted and  made  part  of  said  schedule  ;  and  in  schedule 
D  of  said  act,  the  terms  "lac  sulphur"  and  "sulphur 
lour  of,"  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby,  stricken  out  of  and 
repealed  in  said  schedule.  And  the  terms  "  Terra  Japonica 
and  Catechu"  arc   hereby    transf  m    schedule  D  to 

schedule  E.  they  being  considered  in  commerce  as  the  same 
articles  of  merchandize  a s  cutch,  which  is  enumerated  in 
schedule  E  of  said  act. 

Approved  August  3,  1861. 


No.  :  AN  ACT 

T<>  amend  an  act  entitled  "  An  Act  making  appro; 

for  the  support  of  the  navy,  for  th     year  ending  fourth 
February,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two." 

The  Congress  of  the  Cor  do  enact, 

That  the  eighth  item  of  said  act  I  sd  that  thirty 

thousand  (hilars  be  deducted  from  the  appropriation 
lour  thousand  three  hundred  and  sixty  vein 

made  for  the  pay  of  officers  and  oth  srs  at  the  Navy-Yard  at 

acola,  and  be  appropriated  to  the  same  object 

-Yard  at  Norfolk. 

Approved  August  3,  1861. 


ITa  808.]  AN  ACT 

T<>  provide  for  the  safe  custody,  printing,  publication  and 
distribution  of  the  laws,  and  to  pr  the  appoint- 

ment of  an  additional  Clerk  in  the  Department  of  Jus- 

tON  1 .   T'i-  0  ngn  ts  of  th  S    ' 


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ica  do  enact,  That  all  bills  and  resolutions  passed  by  the 
Congress  and  approved  and  signed  by  the  President,  or 
which  may  otherwise  become  laws,  shall  be  deposited  in  the 
Department  of  Justice,  and  the  originals  carefully  preserved 
in  said  Department. 

Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Attorney-General,  as 
soon  as  conveniently  may  be,  after  he  shall  receive  the  same 
to  select  from  the  laws,  orders  and  resolutions  passed  at 
each  session,  such  as  may  be  of  a  public  nature,  and  as  in 
his  judgment,  require  early  publication,  and  cause  the  same 
to  be  inserted,  weekly,  for  one  month,  in  one  public  gazette 
"published  at  the  seat  of  government  in  each  State,  and  shall 
also  publish  all  the  laws  in  two  gazettes  published  at  the 
Capital  of  the  Confederate  States  ;  and  the  compensation 
for  this  publication  shall  not  exceed  one  dollar  and  a  half 
per  page,  estimated  according  to  Little  and  Brown's  edition 
of  the  laws  of  the  United  States. 

Sec.  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Attorney-General,  at 
the  close  of  each  session  of  Congress,  to  cause  all  the  laws 
and  resolutions  having  the  force  of  laws,  and  all  treaties 
entered  into  by  the  Confederate  States,  to  be  published 
under  the  supervision  of  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Prin- 
ting. The  laws  shall  be  arranged  in  the  order  of  their  date  ; 
shall  have  marginal  notes  to  each  section  ;  shall  be  fully 
indexed  ;  and  shall  be  published  to  the  number  of  three 
thousand  copies,  in  a  style  equal  in  execution  and  upon 
paper  equal  in  quality  to  the  edition  of  the  laws  of  the 
United  States,  as  annually  published  by  Little  and  Brown  ; 
they  shall  be  bound  in  pamphlet,  in  a  style  not  inferior  to 
that  in  Avhich  the  laws  published  by  Little  and  Brown,  are 
bound  annually ;  and  one  thousand  copies  thereof  shall  be 
preserved  to  be  bound  in  calf,  in  a  solid  and  substantial  man- 
ner, as  often  as  the  number  of  pages  shall  be  sufficient  to 
form  a  volume  of  not  less  than  eight  hundred,  nor  more  than 
one  thousand  pages.  And  whenever  the  volumes  are  thus 
bound,  a  new  index  shall  be  made,  comprising  the  contents 
of  the  whole  volume  thus  bound. 

Sec  4.  The  printing  of  the  laws,  as  required,  by  the 
foregoing  section,  shall  be  executed  by  the  Public  Printer ; 
the  binding  in  pamphlet  form  and  in  volumes,  as  provided 
in  the  foregoing  section,  shall  be  executed  by  contract  to 
be  entered  into  by  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Printing, 
after  advertising  for  sealed  proposals  ;  and  the  paper  for  the 
printing  of  the  laws  shall  be  furnished  to  the  Public  Printer, 


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:  by  the  Superintendent  of  Public    Pri  in  accordance 

•with  the  fourth  section  of  the  act  of  14th  May,         I    enti- 
tled "  an  acl  further  to  organize  the  Bureau  of  Superinten- 
j  dent  of  Public  Printing." 

Sec.  5.  The  price  allowed  to  the   Public  Printer  for  prin- 
i  ting  the  laws,  under  the  provisions  of  this  act,   shall  be  the 
following,  and  no  more,  to  wit:   for  composition,  plain,  sev- 
j  enty-live  cents  per  thousand  ems  ;  lor  rule  and  Bgure  work, 
I  one  dollar  and  fifty  cents  per  thousand  erne  ;   for  press  v 
j  octavo  forms,  of  sixteen  pages,  seventy-five  cents  per  token. 
.  6.  The  laws,  when  bound  in  pamphlet  form,  shall  be 
distributed  as  follows,  to  wit  :   One  copy   to  each  member  of 
the  Congress  For  the  time  being  ;  twenty  copies  each  to  the 
Secretary   of  the     Senate   and.   the    Clerk    of  the   House    of 
Representatives;  owe  copy  to    each  Committee  of  the  two 
Houses  of  <  !ongress ;,  live  copies  each  to  the  President  and 
W ice-President ;  two  hundred  copies  to  the  Departmenl   of 
State,  for  its  own  uve,  and  for  distribution  amongst  the  Dip- 
lomatic and    Consular  officers    of  the  Confederate    States; 
two  hundred  copies  to  the  Department  of  the  Treasury,  for 
its  own  use,  and  for  distribution  amongst  the  Revenue  offi- 

of  the  Government;   one  hundred  o  the  lVi: 

pent  of  Justice,  for  its  own  use.  and  for  distribution 
amongst  the  Judges,  Clerks,  Marshals  and  Attorneys  of  the 
Confederate  States  ;  fifty  copies  each  io  the  Department  of 
A\  i  r  and  Navy,  and  to  the  Postmaster-General;  five  co 
lach  to  the  Governors  of  the  several  States,  for  the  use  of 
the  Si  al  3.  The  remaining  copies  shall  be  preserved  in 
Department  of  Justice,  subject  to  the  further  order  of  Gon- 

Sfx.  7.  The  Attorney-General  is  authorized  I  I  an 

Additional  clerk   in  the   Departmenl  of  Justice  for  the  ; 

of  carrying  into  effect  the  of  thia  act,  to  be 

bailed  the  Law  Clerk  of  said  Depai  .   •;  a  salary  iA'  fif- 

-  hundred  dollars  per  annum. 

.  8.   All  laws  and  parts  of  laws   h<  i  ed, 

br  riding  for  the  safe  custody,  pre  >n,  printing,  pub- 

lication and  distribution  of  the  I  led. 

Approved  Aujjusi  5.  186  I . 


No.  209.]  AN   ACT 

To  authorize  a  Ivanees  to  be  mad'1  in  certain  ca 
The  Cm 


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That  the  Secretary  of  War,  with  the  approbation  of  the 
President,  be  authorized,  during  the  existence  of  the  present 
war,  to  make  advances  upon  any  contract,  not  to  exceed 
thirty-three  and  one-third  per  cent.,  for  arms  or  munitions 
of  war  :  Provided,  that  security  be  first  taken,  to  be  approved 
by  the  Secretary  of  War,  for  the  performance  of  the  contract, 
or  for  a  proper  accounting  for  the  said  money. 

Approved  August  5,  1881.. 


No.  211.]  AN  ACT 

To  give  aid  to  the  people  and  State  of  Missouri. 

Section  1 .  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America 
do  enact,  That  to  aid  the  people  of  the  £>tate  of  Missouri,  in 
the  eifort  to  maintain,  within  their  own  limits,  the  constitu- 
tional liberty,  which  it  is  the  purpose  of  the  Confederate 
States  in  the  existing  war  to  vindicate,  there  shall  be,  and 
is  hereby  appropriated  out  of  any  moneys  in  the  Treasury 
not  otherwise  appropriated,  one  million  of  dollars,  to  sup- 
ply clothing,  subsistence,  arms  and  ammunition  to  the  troops 
of  Missouri  who  may  co-operate  with  those  of  the  Confeder- 
ate States,  during  the  progress  of  the  existing  war;  said  sum 
to  be  expended  under  the  discretion  of  the  President  of  the- 
Confeclerai^ite±cfs',cfor  the  purposes  aforesaid. 

Approved  August  6,  1861. 


No.  213]  AN  ACT 

To  provide  for  the  construction  of  a  newly  invented  imple- 
ment of  war. 

Whereas,  Charles  S.  Dickinson  alleges  that  he  has  in- 
vented a  machine,  generally  known  as  'Winan's  Gun,' 
whereby  balls  can  be  projected  with  such  force,  rapidity  and 
precision  as  to  render  it  a  valuable  implement  of  war,  both  in 
the  Army  and  Navy.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate 
States  of  America  do,  therefore,  enact,  That  the  President 
be,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorized,  in  his  discretion,  to  cause 
one  machine  of  this  description,  calculated  to  throw  balls 
measuring  about  three-fourths  of  an  inch  in  diameter,  and 
weighing  about  two  ounces,  to  be  constructed  under  the  di- 


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rection    of  said  Dickinson;    Provided  that  the  cost  thereof 
shall  not  exceed  five  thousand  dollars. 

Approved,  August  G,  1SG1. 


No.  214.]  RESOLUTIONS 

Of  thanks  to  Generals  Joseph  E.  Johnston  and  Gustave  T. 

Beauregard,  and  the  officers  and  troops  under  their  com- 
mand at  the  Battle  of  Manassas. 

Resolved,  by  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
America.  That  the  thanks  of  Congress  are  eminently  due, 
and  are  hereby  cordially  given,  to  Generals  Joseph  E.  John- 
ston and  Gustave  T.  Beauregard,  and  to  the  officers  and 
troops  under  their  command,  for  the  great  and  signal  victo- 
ry obtained  by  them  over  forces  of  the  United  Stales  far 
exceeding  them  in  number,  in  the  battle  of  the  twenty-first 
of  July  at  Manassas;  and  for  the  gallantry,  courage  and  en- 
durance evinced  by  them,  in  a  protracted  and  continuous 
struggle  of  more  than  ten  hours;  a  victory,  the  great  results 
of  which  will  he  realized  in  the  future  successes  of  the  war, 
and  which,  in  the  judgment  of  Congress,  entitles  all  who 
contributed  to  it.  to  the  gratitude  of  their  country.  lle- 
solved  farther,  That  the  foregoing  Resolution  be  made  known 
in  appropriate  General  Orders,  by  the  Generals  in  command, 
to  the  officers  and  troops  to  whom  they  arc  addressed. 

Approved  Aug.  6,  1861. 


No.  215.]  AN  ACT 

To  authorize  the  President   of  the   Confederate   States   to 
grant    Commissions  to   raise   Volunteer    Regiments  and 
Battalions,  composed  of  persons  who*  are  or  ha^  sb 
residents  of  the  States  of  Kentucky.  Missouri,  Maryland 
and  Delaware. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact, 
That  the  President  of  the  Confederate  States  he.  and  he  is 
hereby,  authorised  to  grant  commissions  to  officers  above  the 

grade  <>\'  ('apt;. in.  to  such  pen  think    fit,   to 

rais     and  command  Volunteer  Regiments  and  Battalions  for 
the     irviceofthe  Confederate  States,  said  Regiments  and 


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Battalions  to  be  composed  of  persons' who  are,  or  have  been, 
residents  of  the  States  of  Kentucky,  Missouri,  Maryland, 
or  Delaware,  and  who  have  enlisted,  or  may  enlist,  under 
said  officers  :  upon  the  condition,  hoAvever,  that  such  officers 
shall  not  hold  rank  or  receive  pay,  until  such  Regiments  or 
Battalions  have  been  raised  and  are  mustered  into  service. 

Approved  August  8,   1861. 


No.  216.]  AN  ACT 

Respecting  Alien  Enemies.  ' 

Section  1 .  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Ame- 
rica do  enact,  That  whenever  there  shall  be  a  declared  war 
between  the  Confederate  States  and  any  foreign  nation  or 
government,  or  any  invasion  or  predatory  incursion  shall  be 
perpetrated,  attempted  or  threatened  against  the  territory  of 
the  Confederate  States,  by  any  foreign  nation  or  govern- 
ment, and  the  President  of  the  Confederate  States  shall  make 
public  proclamation  of  the  event,  or  the  same  shall  be  pro- 
claimed by  act  of  Congress,  all  natives,  citizens,  denizens, 
or  subjects  of  the  hostile  nation  or  government,  being  males 
of  fourteen  years  of  age  and  upwards,  who  shall  be  within 
the  Confederate  States,  and  not  citizens  thereof,  shall  be  lia- 
ble to  be  apprehended,  restrained  or  secured,  and  removed 
as  alien  enemies  :  Provided,  That  during  the  existing  war, 
citizens  of  the  United  States,  residing  within  the  Confederate 
States,  with  intent  to  become  citizens  thereof,  and  who  shall 
make  a  declaration  of,  such  intention,  in  due  form,  and  ac- 
knowledging the  authori  y  of  the  government  of  the  same, 
shall  not  become  liable  as  aforesaid,  nor  shall  this  act 
extend  to  citizens  of  the  States  of  Delaware,  Maryland,  Ken- 
tucky, Missouri,  and  of  the  District  of  Columbia,  and  the 
Territories  of  Arizona  and  New  Mexico,  and  the  Indian 
Territory  south  of  Kansas,  'who  shall  not  be  chargeable  with 
actual  hostility  or  other  crime  against  the  public  safety,  and 
who  shall  acknowledge  the  authority  of  the  government  of 
the  Confederate  States. 

Sec.  2.  The  President  of  the  Confederate  States  shall  be, 
and  he  is  hereby,  authorized,  by  his  proclamation  or  other 
public  act,  in  case  of  existing  or  declared  war,  as  aforesaid, 
to  provide  for  the  removal  of  those  who,  not  being  permitted 
to  reside  within  the  Confederate  States,  shall  refuse  or  neg- 


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lect  to  depart  therefrom ;  and  to  establish  such  regulations 
in  the  premises  as  the  public  safety  may  require. 

Sec.  3.  Immediately  after  the  p'  SBage  of  this  act,  the 
President  of  the  Confederate  States  shall,  by  proclamation, 
require  all  citizens  of  the  United  States,  being  males  of 
fourteen  years  and  upwards,  within  the  Confederate  States, 
and  adhering  to  the  Government  of  the  United  States,  and 
acknowledging  the  authority  of  the  same,  and  not  being  citi- 
zens of  the  Confederate  States,  nor  within  the  proviso  of  the 
firsl  section  of  this  act,  to  depart  from  the  Confederate  States 
within  forty  days  from  the  date  of  said  proclamation;  and 
such  persons  remaining  within  the  Confederate  States  after 
that  time,  shall  become  liable  to  be  treated  as  alien  enemies: 
and  in  all  cases  of  declared  war  as  aforesaid,  aliens,  resident 
within  the  Confederate  States,  who  shall  become  liable  as 
enemies  as  aforesaid,  and  who  shall  not  be  chargeable  with 
actual  hostility  or  other  crime  against  the  public  safety, 
shall  be  allowed  the  time  for  the  disposition  of  their  effects 
and  for  departure,  which  may  be  stipulated  by  any  treaty 
witli  such  hostile  nation  or  government;  and  when  no  such 
treaty  may  exist,  the  President  shall  prescribe  such  time  as 
may  h<>  consistent  witli  the  public  safety  and  accord  with  the 
dictates  of  humanity  and  national  hospitality. 

Sec  4.  After  any  declared  war.  or  proclamation,  as  afore- 
said, it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  several  Courts  of  the  Con- 
federate States,  and  of  each  State  having  criminal  jurisdiction, 
and  ol  the  several  judges  and  justices  of  (be  Courts  of  the 
Confederate  States,  and  they  are  hereby  authorized,  upon 
complaint  againsl  any  alien,  or  alien  enemies,  as  aforesaid, 
or  persons  coming  within  the  purview  of  this  act.  who  shall* 
be  resident,  or  remaining  in  the  Confederate  State's,  and 
at  large  within  the  jurisdiction  or  districl  of  such  Judge  or 
Court,  as  aforesaid,  contrary  to  the  intent  of  this  act  and  of 
the  proclamation  of  the  President  of  the  Confederate  States, 
or  the  regulations  prescribed  by  him.  in  pursuance  of  this 

act.    to    cause    such    alien    or    aliens,    person    or   persons,   as 

aforesaid,  to  lie  duly  apprehended  and  convened  before  such 

COUrt,  judge  or  justice,  for  examination;  and  after  a  full  ex- 
amination and  hearing  in  such  complaint,  ami  sufficient  cans.' 
therefor  appearing,  shall  or  may  order    such  alien  or  aliens. 

person  or  persons,  to  be  removed  out  of  the  territory  of  the 

Confederate  State's,  or  to  be  otherwise  dealt  with  or  restrain- 
ed, conformably  to  the  intent  of  this  act.  and  the  proclama- 
tion or  regulations  which    may  be   prescribed  as  aforesaid, 
2 


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and  miy  imprison  or  otherwise   secure,    such   alien  persons 
until  the  order  which  shall  be  made  shall  be  performed. 

Sec.  o.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Marshal  of  the  Dis- 
trict, in  which  any  alien  enemy  or  person  offending  against 
the  provisions  of  this  act,  shall  be  apprehended,  who  by  the 
President  of  the  Confederate  States,  or  by  order  of  any 
court,  judge  or  justice,  as  aforesaid,  shall  be  required  to  de- 
part, to  be  removed  as  aforsaid,  to  execute  such  order  by 
himself  or  deputy,  or  other  discreet  person,  and  for  such  ex- 
ecution the  Marshal  shall  have  the  warrant  of  the  President, 
or  the  court  or  judge,  as  the  case  may  be. 

Approved  August  8,  1861. 


No.  217.]  AN  ACT 

Further  to  provide  for  the  Public  Defence.    ' 

Section  1 .  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Ame- 
rica, do  enact,  That  in  order  to  provide  additional  forces  to 
repel  invasion,  maintain  the  rightful  possession  of  the  Con- 
federate States  of  America,  and  to  secure  the  independence 
of  the  Confederate  States,  the  President  be,  and  he  is  hereby, 
authorized  to  employ  the  militia,  military  and  naval  forces  of 
the  Confederate  States  of  America,  and  to  ask  for  and  ac- 
cept the  services  of  any  number  of  volunteers,  not  exceeding 
foui'  hundred  thousand,  who  may  offer  their  services,  either 
as  cavalry,  mounted  riflemen,  artillery,  or  infantry,  in  such 
proportions  of  these  several  arms  as  he  may  deem  expedient, 
to  serve  for  a  period  of  not  less  than  twelve  months,  nor 
more  than  three  years  after  they  shall  be  mustered  into  ser- 
vice, unless  sooner  discharged. 

Sec.  2.  That  whenever  the  militia  or  volunteers  are  called 
and  received  into  the  service  of  the  Confederate  States,  un- 
der the  provisions  of  this  act,  they  shall  be  organized  under 
the  act  of  the  6th  of  March,  1861,  entitled  "An  Act  to 
provide  for  the  Public  Defence,"  with  the  same  pay  and  al- 
lowances of  said  act,  and  the  same  time  for  the  service  of 
the  militia. 

Sec.  3.  Nothing  in  this  act  shall  be  construed  to  extend 
to,  or  in  anywise  to  alter  any  act  heretofore  passed,  author- 
izing the  President  to  receive  troops  offered  directly  to  the 
Confederate  States  for  the  war,  or  for  any  less  time. 

Approved  Augusts.,  1861. 


No.  219.]  RESOLUTIONS 

Touching  certain  points  of  Maritime  Law,  and  defining  the 
position  of  the  Confederate  States  in  respect  thereto. 

Whereas,  The  Plenipotentiaries  of  Greal  Britain,  Am- 
feria,  France,  Prussia,  Russia,  Sardinia  and  Turkey,  in  a  Coi  - 
ference  held  at  Paris,  on  the  Kith  of  April.  1856,  made  cer- 
tain declarations  respecting  maritime  law,  to  serve  as  uni- 
form rules  tor  their  guidance,  in  all  eases  arising  under  the 
principles  thus  proclaimed  :  Ami,  whereas,  it  being  desira- 
ble, not  only  to  attain  certainty  and  uniformity,  as  far  as 
may  lie  practicable  in  maritime  law,  but  also  to  maintain 
whatever  is  just  and  proper  in  the  established  usages  of  na- 
tions, The  Confederate  States  of  America  deem  it  impor- 
tant to  declare  the  principles  by  which  they  will  be  governed 
in  their  intercourse  with  the  rest  of  mankind.  Now,  there- 
fore. 

Be  if  resolved  by  /'<  Congress  of  the  Confederatt  States  qj 
America.  1.  That  we  maintain  the  right  of  privateering,  as  it 
has  been  long  established  by  the  practice  and  recognized  h\ 
the  law  of  nations. 

2.  That  the  neutral  Hag  covers  enemy's  goods,  with  the 
exception  of  c  mtraband  oi   war. 

3.  That  neutral  goods,  with  the  exception  of  contraband 
of  war,  are  not  liable  to  capture,  an  ler  enemy's  flag. 

4.  That  blockades,  in  order  to  b  i  binding,  must  be  effec- 
tual ;  that  is  to  say,  maintained  by  a  force  sufficient  really 
to  prevent  access  to  the  coasl   of.the  enemy. 

Approved  August  1.).    186 ! . 


No.  220.]  AX    ACT 

To  provide  Tor  tin1  appointment  of  Surgeons  and  Assistant 
Surgeons  for  Hospital  . 

Section  I.  The  Congress  of  /he  Confederate  StaU  ■  of  Ame- 
rica, do  mini.  That  the  President  be,  and  he  i>  hereby  au- 
thorized to  appoint  in  the  Provisional  Army  as  many  Sur- 
geons and  Assistant  Surgeons,  for  the  various  hospitals  of 
the  Confederacy,  as  may  be  necessary. 

Approved  August  14,  1861. 


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No.  221.]  AN  ACT 

To  amend  the  Law  in  relation  to  the  Export  of  Tobacco  and 
other  commodities. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America,  do  enact, 
That  the  act  pissed  at  the  present  session,  entitled  "  An 
Act  to  extend  the  provision's  of  an  act  entitled  An  Act  to 
Prohibit  the  Exportation  of  Cotton  from  the  Confederate 
States,  except  through  the  seaports  of  said  States,  and  to 
punish  persons  offending  therein,"  approved  May  21,  A.  T>. 
1861,  shall  go  into  effect  immediately  after  the  approval  of 
this  act. 

Approved  August  16,  1861. 


No.  223.]  AN  ACT 

To  authorize  the  Issue  of  Treasury  Notes,  and  to  provide  a 
War  Tax  for  their  Redemption. 

Section  1 .  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Ame- 
rica, do  enact,  That  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  be,  and  he 
is  hereby,  authorized,  from  time  to  time,  as  the  public  neces- 
sities may  require,  to  issue  Treasury  Notes,  payable  to 
bearer  at  the  expiration  of  six  months  after  the  ratification  of 
a  treaty  of  peace  between  the  Confederate  States  and  the 
United  States,  the  said  notes  to  be  of  any  denomination  not 
less  than  five  dollars,  and  to  be  reissuable  at  pleasure,  until 
the  same  are  payable  ;  but  the  whole  issue,  outstanding  at 
one  time,  including  the  amount  issued  under  former  acts, 
shall  not  exceed  one  hundred  millions  of  dollars ;  the  said 
notes  shall  be  receivable  in  payment  of  the  War  Tax  hereinafter 
provided,  and  of  all  other  public  dues  except  the  export  duty 
on  cotton,  and  shall  also  be  received  in  payment  of  the  sub- 
scriptions of  the  net  proceeds  of  sales  of  raw  produce  and 
manufactured  articles. 

Sec  2.  That  for  the  purpose  of  funding  the  said  notes,  and 
of  making  exchange  for  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  raw  pro- 
duce and  manufactured  articles,  or  for  the  purchase  of  spe- 
cie or  military  stores,  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  with 
the  assent  of  the  President,  is  authorized  to  issue  Bonds, 
payable  not  more  than  twenty  years  after  elate,  and  bearing  a 
rate  of  interest  not  exceeding  eight  per  centum  per  annum, 


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tmtil  they  become  payable,  the  interest  to  be  paid  semi-an- 
nually ;  the  said  Bonds  not  to  exceed,  in  the  -whole,  one 
hundred  millions  of  dollars,  and  to  be  deemed  a  substitute 

for  thirty  millions  of  the  Bonds  authorized  to  be  issued  by 
the  Act  approved  May  sixteenth,  eighteen  hundred  and 
sixty-one  ;  and  this  act  is  to  he  deemed  a  revocation  of  the 
authority  to  issue  the  said  thirty  millions.  The  said  Bonds 
shall  not  ho  issued  in  less  sums  than  one  hundred  dollars, 
nor  in  fractional  parts  of  a  hundred,  except  when  the  sub- 
scription is  less  than  one  hundred  dollars,  the  said  Bonds 
may  he  issued  in  sums  of  fifty  dollars.  They  may  he  sold 
for  specie,  military  and  naval  stores,  or  for  the  proceeds  of 
raw  produce  and  manufactured  articles,  in  the  same  manner 
as  is  provided  by  the  act  aforesaid  ;  and.  whenever  suhscrip- 
tions  of  the  same  have  been,  or  shall  he  made,  payable  at  a 
particular  date,  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  shall  have 
power  to  extend  the  time  of  sales  until  such  date  as  he  shall 
see  fit  to  indicate. 

Sec.  3.  The  holders  of  the  said  Treasury  notes  may.  at 
any  time,  demand  in  exchange  for  them.  Bonds  of  the  Con- 
federate States,  according  to  such  regulations  as  may  he 
made  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury.  But  whenever  the 
Secretary  of  the  Treasury  shall  advertise  that  he  will  pay 
off  any  portion  of  the  said  Treasury  Notes,  then  the  privi- 
lege of  funding,  as  to  such  notes,  shall  cease,  unless  there 
-shall  he  a  failure  to  pay  the  same  in  specie  on  presentation. 

Sec.  4.  That,  for  the  special  purpose  of  paying  the  prin- 
cipal and  interest  of  the  public  debt,  ami  of  supporting  the 
Government,  a  War  Tax  shall  he  assessed  and  levied,  of 
fifty  cents  upon  each  one  hundred  dollars  in  value,  of  tli^1 
following  property,  in  the  Confederate  States,  namely:  Real 
estate  of  all  kinds  ;  slaves  ;  merchandize  ;  Bank  Slocks  ; 
Railroad  and  other  Corporation  Stocks  ;  Money  at  interest, 
or  invested  by  individuals  in  the  purchase  of  Bills,  Notes, 
and  other  securities  for  money,  except  the  Bonds  of  the 
Confederate  States  of  America,  and  cash  on  hand  or  on  de- 
posit in  Bank  or  elsewhere;  cattle,  horses  and  mules;  gold 
watches.  Lrohl  and  silver  plate,  pianos  and  pleasure  carriages : 
Provided,  /nnrtrrr,  that  when  tin-  taxable  property  herein 
above  enumerated,  of  any  head  of  a  family,  is  of  value  less 
than  the  hundred  dollars,  such  taxable  property  shall  he  ex- 
empt from  taxation  under  this  act:  And  provided, further, 
that  the  property  of  Colleges  and  Schools,  and  of  charitahle 
or  religious  corporations  or  associations,  actually  used  for 


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the  purposes  for  which  such  colleges,  schools,  corporations 
or  associations  were  created,  shall  be  exempt  from  taxation 
under  this  act:  And  provided,  further.  That  all  public  lands, 
and  all  property  owned  by  a  State  for  public  purposes,  bo 
exempt  from  taxation. 

Sec.  o.  That,  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  all  property 
included  in  the  above  classes,  aryd  the  value  thereof,  and  the 
person  chargeable  with  the  tax,  each  State  shall  constitute  a 
tax  division,  over  which  shall  be  appointed  one  Chief  Col- 
lector, who  shall  be  charged  with  the  duty  of  dividing  the 
State  into  a  convenient  number  of  collection  districts,  sub- 
ject to  the  revisal  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury.  The 
said  collector  shall  be  appointed  by  the  President,  and  shall 
hold  his  office  for  one  year,  and  receive  a  salary  of  two 
thousand  dollars.  He  shall  give  bond  with  .sureties  to  dis- 
charge the  duties  of  his  office  in  such  amount  as  may  be 
prescribed  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  and  shall  take 
oath  faithfully  to  discharge  the  duties  of  his  office,  and  to 
support  and  defend  the  Constitution.  The  said  Chief  Col- 
lector shall,  with  the  approbation  of  the  Secretary  of  the 
Treasury,  appoint  a  tax  collector  for  each  collection  district, 
whose  duty  it  shall"  be  to  cause  an  assessment  to  be  made  on 
or  before  the  first  day  of  November  next,  of  all  the  taxable 
property  in  his  district,  included  in  each  of  the  above  men- 
tioned classes  of  property,  and  the  persons  then  owning  or 
in  possession  thereof;  and  in  order  thereto,  the  said  Tax 
Collectors  may  appoint  Assessors,  who  shall  proceed  through 
every  part  of  their  respective  districts,  and,  after  public 
notice,  shall  require  all  persons  owning,  possessing,  or 
having  the  care  and  management  of  any  property  liable  to 
the  tax  aforesaid,'  to  deliver  written  lists  of  the  same,  which 
shall  be  made  in  such  manner  as  may  be  required  by  the 
Chief  Collector,  and  as  far  as  practicable,  conformable  to 
those  which  may  be  required  for  the  same  purpose  under  the 
authority  of  the  respective  States ;  and  the  said  assessors 
are  authorized  to  enter  into  and  upon,  all  and  singular,  the 
premises  for  the  purposes  required  by  this  Act. 

Sec  6.  If  any  person  shall  not  be  prepared  to  exhibit  a 
written  list  when  required,  and  shall  consent  to  disclose  the 
particulars  of  taxable  property  owned  or  possessed  by  him, 
or  under  his  care  and  management,  then  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  officer  to  make  the  list,  which.,  being  distinctly  read 
and  consented  to,  shall  be  received  as  the  list  of  such  per- 
son. 


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Sec.  7.  That,  if  any  person  shall  deliver  or  disclose  to 
any  collector  or  assessor  appointed  in  pursuance  of  this  act 
and  requiring  a  list  as  aforesaid,  any  false  or  fraudulent  list, 
-with  intent  to  defeat  or  evade  the  valuation  or  enumeration 
hereby  intended  to  be  made,  sneli  person,  so  offending,  shall  be 
fined  in  a  sum  not  exceeding  five  hundred  dollars,  to  lie  re- 
covered in  any  Court  of  competent  jurisdiction. 

Sec.  8.  Any  person  who  shall  fail  to  deliver  to  the  collec- 
tor or  assessor  a  list  of  his  taxable  property,  at  the  time 
prescribed  by  him,  shall  he  liable  to  a  double  tax  upon  all 
his  taxable  property;  the  same  to  he  assessed  by  the  collec- 
tor or  assessor,  and  to  be  collected  in  the  same  manner  and 
by  the  same  process  as  is  herein  provided  as  to  the  single 
tax. 

Sec  9.  The  lists  shall  he  made  in  reference  to  the  value 
and  situation  of  the  property,  on  the  first  day  of  October 
next,  and  shall  he  made  out.  completed  and  he  delivered  into 
the  hands  of  each  of  the  tax  collectors  on  the  first  day  of 
December  next  ;  and  upon  the  receipt  thereof,  each  tax  col- 
lector may.  for  twenty-one  days  next  ensuing  the  said  first 
December,  hear  and  determine  all  appeals  from  the  said  as- 
sessments, as  well  as  applications  for  the  reduction  of  a 
double  tax.  when  such  tax  may  have  been  incurred,  to  a  sin- 
gle tax.  which  determination  shall  he  final.  , 

l^i-.i-.  lo.  The  several  tax  collectors  shall,  on  or  before  the 
first  day  of  February  ensuing,  furnish  to  the  chief  collector 
of  the  State'  in  which  his  district  is  situated,  a  correct  and 
accurate  list  of  all  the  assessments  made  upon  each  person 
in  his  district,  and  of  the  amount  of  tax  to  he  paid  by  such 
person,  specifying  each  object  of  taxation  ;,  and  the  sad 
chief  collector  slial!  collate  the  same  in  proper  form,  and 
forward  the  collated  list  to  the  Secretary  o'f  the  Treasury. 

Sec.  11.  The  said  several  collectors  shall,  on  the  first  day 
of  May  next,  proceed  to  collect  from  every  person  liable 
for  the  said  tax.  the  amount-;  severally  due  and  owing,  and 
he  -hall  previously  give  notice  for  twenty  days  in  one  news- 
paper, if  any  he  published  in  his  district,  and  by  notifica- 
tions in  at  least  lour  public  places  in  each  township,  ward 
or  precinct  within  his  District,  of  the  time  and  place  at 
which  he  will  receive  tli  •  -aid  tax;  an  1  on  failure  to  pay 
the  same,  it  shall  he  the  duty  of  the  Collector,  within  twen- 
ty days  after  the  first  day  of  May  aforesaid,  by  himself  Or 
his  deputies,  to  proceed  to  collect    the  Said  taxes    liy  distress 

and  sale  of  the  goods,  chattels,  or  effects  of  the  persons  de- 


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linquent.  And  in  case  of  such  distress,  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  officer  charged  with  the  collection,  to  make,  or  cause 
to  be  made,  an  account  of  the  goods  or  chattels  which  may 
be  distrained,  a  copy  of  which,  signed  by  the  officer  making 
such  distress,  shall  be  left  with  the  owner  or  possessor  of 
such  goods,  chattels  or  effects,  or  at  his  or  her  dwelling, 
with  a  note  of  the  sum  demanded,  and  the  time  and  place  of 
sale ;  and  the  said  officer  shall  forthwith  cause  a  notification 
to  be  publicly  advertised  or  posted  up  at  two  public  places 
nearest  to  the  residence  of  the  person  whose  property  shall 
be  distrained,  or  at  the  court-house  of  the  same  county,  if 
not  more  than  ten  miles  distant,  which  notice  shall  specify 
the  articles  distrained,  and  the  time  and  place  proposed  for 
the  sale  thereof,  which  time  shall  not  be  less  than  ten  days 
from  the  date  of  such  notification,  and  the  place  proposed 
for  the  sale  not  more  than  five  miles  distant  from  the  place 
of  making  such  distress  :  Provided,  That  in  any  case  of  dis- 
tress for  the  payment  of  the  taxes  aforesaid,  the  goods, 
chattels  or  effects  so  distrained,,  shall  and  may  be  restored  to 
the  owner  or  possessor,  if,  prior  to  the  sale  thereof,  pay- 
ment, or  tender  thereof,  shall  be  made  to  the  proper  officer 
charged  with  the  collection,  of  the  full  amount  demanded, 
together  with  such  fee  for  levying,  and  such  sum  for  the  ne- 
cessary and  reasonable  expense  of  removing  and  keeping  the 
goods'  chattels  or  effects  so  distrained,  as  may  be  allowed  in 
like  cases  by  the  laws  or  practice  of  the  State  wherein  the 
distress  shall  have  been  made ;  but  in  case  of  non-payment 
or  tender  as  aforesaid,  the  said  officers  shall  proceed  to  sell 
the  said  goods,  chattels  or  effects  at  public  auction,  and  shall 
and  may  retain  from  the  proceeds  of  such  sale,  the  amount 
demandable  fof  the  use  of  the  Confederate  States,  with  the 
necessary  and  reasonable  expenses  of  distress  and  sale,  and 
a  commission  of  five  per  centum  thereon  for  his  own  use, 
rendering  the  overplus,  if  any  there  be,  to  the  person  whose 
goods,  chattels,  or  effects  shall  have  been  distrained  :  Pro- 
vided, That  it  shall  not  be  lawful  to  make  distress  of  the 
tools  or  implements  of  a  trade  or  profession,  beast  of  the 
plough,  and  farming  utensils  necessary  for  the  cultivation  of 
improved  lands,  arms,  or  such  household  furniture  or  apparel 
as  may  be  necessary  for  a  family. 

Sec.  12.  That  if  the  tax  assessed  on  any  real  estate  shall 
remain  unpaid  on  the  first  day  of  June  next,  the  tax  collec- 
tor of  the  district  wherein  the  same  is  situated  shall,  on  the 
first  Monday  in  July  thereafter,  proceed  to  sell  the  same, 


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or  a  sufficiency  thereof,  at  public  outcry,  to  the  highest  bid- 
der, to  pay  said  taxes,  together  with  twenty  per  centum  on 
the  amount  of  said  taxes  and  costs  of  sale,  said  sale  t  o  be  at 
the  court -ho  use  door  of  the  county  or  parish  wherein  said 
real  estate  is  situated;  and.  if  there  shall  be  more  than  one 
county  or  parish  in  a  district,  the  said  tax  collector  is  au- 
thorized to  appoint  deputies  to  make  such  sales  in  bis  name 
as  he  cannot  attend  to  himself,  and  for  all  lands  BO  sold  by 
said  deputies,  the  deeds  as  hereinafter  provided  for  shall  be 
executed  by  said  collector,  and  such  sales  so  made  shall  be 
valid,  whether  the  real  estate  so  gold  shall  lie  assessed  in  the 
name  of  the  true  owner  or  not.  But  in  all  cases  where  the 
property  shall  not  be  divisible  so  as  to  enable  the  collector, 
by  a  sale  of  part  thereof,  to  r,,ise  the  whole  amount  of  the 
tax.  with  all  costs,  charges  and  commissions,  the  whole  of 
such  property  shall  be  sold,  and  the  surplus  of  the  proceeds 
of  the  sale,  after  satisfying  the  tax,  costs,  charges  and  com- 
missions, shall  be  paid  to  the  owner  of  the  property  or  his 
legal  representatives,  or  if  he- or  they  cannot  be  found,  or 
refuse  to  receive  the  same,  then  such  surplus  shall  be  depos- 
ited in  the  Treasury  of  the  Confederate  States,  to  be  there 
held  for  the  use  of  the  owner  or  his  legal  representatives 
until  be  or  they  shall  make  application  therefor  to  the  Secre- 
tary of  the  Treasury,  who,  upon  such  application,  shall,  by 
■warrant  on  the  Treasury,  cause  the  same  to  be  paid  to  the 
applicant.  And  if  the  property  offered  for  sale  as  aforesaid 
cannot  be  sold  tor  the  amount  of  the  tax    due    thereon,    with 

the  said  additional  twenty  per  cerium  thereto,  the  collector 
shall  purchase  the  sane  in  behalf  of  the  Confederate  Slates 
for  the  amount  aforesaid:  Provided,  That  the  owner  or  super- 
intendent of  the  property  aforesaid,  before  the  same  shall 
have  been  actually  sold,  shall  be  allowed  to  pay  the  amount 
of  the  tax  thereon*  with  an  addition  of  ten  per  centum  on  the 
same,  on  the  payment  of  which  the  sale  of  tin'  said  property 
shall  not  take  place:  Provided,  also,  That  the  owners,  their 
heirs,  executors  or  administrators,  or  any  persOD  on  their 
behalf,  shall  have  liberty  to  redeem  any  lands  and  other  real 

property  -old  as  aforesaid,  within  two  years  from  the  time  of 

sale,  upon  payment  to  the  collector    for  the  USC    of  the    pur- 

chaser,  hi-  heir-  or  assignees,  of  the  amount  paid  by  such 
purchaser,  with  interest  for  the  same  a!  the  rate   of  twenty 

per  centum  per  annum;  aid  no  deed  shall  be  given  in  pursu- 
ance of  such  sale  until  the  time  of  redemption  shall  have  ex- 
pi]  ed  :  Provided,  furth*  r,  That  when  the  owner  of  any  land,  or 


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other  real  property  sold  for  taxes  under  the  provisions  of 
this  act,  shall  be  in  the  military  service  of  the  Confederate 
States,  before  and  at  the  time  said  sale  shall  have  been  made, 
the  said  owner  shall  have  the  privilege  of  redeeming  the  said 
propert}-  at  any  time  within  two  years  after  the  close  of  his 
term  of  service.  And  the  collector  shall  render  a  distinct 
account  of  the  charges  incurred  in  offering  and  advertising 
for  sale  such  property,  and  shall  pay  into  the  Treasury  the  sur- 
plus, if  any  there  be,  of  the  aforesaid  addition  of  twenty  per  cen- 
tum, or  ten  per  centum,  as  the  case  may  be,  after  defraying  the 
charges.  And  in  every  case  of  the  sale  of  real  estate,  which  shall 
be  made  under  the  authority  of  this  act  for' the  assessment  and 
collection  of  direct  taxes  by  the  collectors  or  marshals  re- 
spectively, or  their  lawful  deputies  respectively,  or  by  any 
other  person  or  persons,  the  deeds  for  the  estate  so  sold  shall 
bo  prepared,  made,  executed,  and  proved  or  acknowledged,  at 
the  time  and  times  prescribed  in  this  act  by  the  collectors  re- 
spectively within  whose  collection  district  such  real  estate 
shall  be  situated,  or  in  case  of  their  death  or  removal  from 
office,  by  their  successors  on  payment  of  the  purchase  mo- 
ney 'or  producing  a  receipt  therefor,  if  already  paid,  in  such 
form  of  law  as  shall  be  authorized  and  required  by  the  laws 
of  the  Confederate  States,  or  by  the  law  of  the  State  in  which 
such  real  estate  lies,  for  making,  executing,  proving  and  ac- 
knowledging deeds  of  bargain  and  sale,  or  other  conveyances 
for  the  transfer  and  conveyance  of  real  estate  :  and  for  every 
deed  so  prepared,  made,  executed,  proved  and  acknowledged, 
the  purchaser  or  grantee  shall  pay  to  the  collector  the  sum  of 
five  dollars  for  the  use  of  the  collector,  marshal  or  other  per- 
son effecting  the  sale  of  the  real  estate  thereby  conveyed. 
The  commissions  hereinafter  allowed  to  each  collector  shall 
be  in  full  satisfaction  of  all  services  rendered  by  them.  The 
assessors  appointed  under  them  shall  be  entitled  to  three  dol- 
lars for  every  day  employed  in  making  lists  and  assessments 
under  this  act,  the  number  of  days  being  certified  by  the  col- 
lector and  approved  by  the  chief  collector  of  the  State,  and 
also  five  dollars  for  every  hundred  taxable  persons  contained 
in  the  list  as  completed  by  him  and  delivered  to  the  collector  : 
Provided,  That  when  the  owner  of  any  real  estate  is  unknown, 
or  is  a  non-resident  of  the  State  or  tax  district  wherein  the 
same  is  situated,  and  has  no  agent  resident  in  said  district, 
the  assessor  shall  himself  make  out  a  list  of  such  real  estate 
for  assessment. 

Sec.  13.   Separate  account  shall  be  kept  at  the  Treasury 


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of  all  moneys  received  from  each  of  the  respective  Staffs. 
and  the  chief  collector  shall  procure  from  each  tax  collector 
Buch  details  as  to  the  tax.  and  shall  classify  the  same  in 
such  manner  as  the  Secretary  ol  the  Treasury  shall  direct, 
and  so  as  to  provide  full  information  as  to  each  subject  of 
taxation. 

Sec.  14.  Each  collector  shall  becharged  with  an  interest 
of  live  per  cent,  per  month  for  all  moneys  retained  in  his 
possession  beyond  the  time  at  which  he  is  required  to  pay 
over  the  same  bylaw,  or  by  the  regulations  established  by 
the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury. 

Sec  1.5.  Each  collector,  before  entering  upon  the  duties 
of  his  office,  shall  give  bond  in  such  sum  as  shall  be  pre- 
scribed by  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  with  sufficient 
sureties,  and  shall  take  an  oath  faithfully  to  execute  the  du- 
ties of  his  office,  and  that  he  will  support  and  defend  the 
Constitution  of  the  Confederate  States. 

Sec  1<».  Upon  receiving  the  tax  due  by  each  person  the 
collector  shall  sign  receipts  in  duplicate,  one  whereof  shall 
he  delivered  to  the  person  paying  the  same,  and  the  other 
shall  lie  forwarded  to  the  chief  collector  of  that  State.  The 
money  collected  during  each  month  or  during  any  shorter 
period  which  may  he  designated  by  the  Secretary  of  the 
Treasury,  shall  lie  also  immediately  forwarded  to  the  said 
chief  collector,  and  by  him  be  disposed  of  according  to  the 
direction  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury;  and  the  -ae! 
chief  collector  shall  report  the  sam  •  immediately  to  the 
retary  of  the  Treasury,  and  shall  furnish  him  with  a  list 
rig  the  nam,  -   and  amounts  of    each  of  the  receipts 

which  shall  have  been  forwarded   to  him    as  aforesaid  bv    the 

district  collectors. 

Sec.   17.  The   taxes    a*  1  on  each  person    shall  he  a 

statutory  lien  for  one  year  upon  all  the  propeny  of  t'eit  per- 
son, in  preference  to  any  other  lien;  the  said  lien  to  take 

from  the  first  day  of  October,  to  which  the  valuation  has 
relation,  and  the  lands  and  other  property  of  any  collector 
shell  lie  bound  by  statutory  Lien  for   live  year-  lor  all  mon- 

sCeived  by  him    for  taxes v  the  date  of  such   lien  to  c 
mence  from  the   time   ol   his  reci  iving  the  money. 

Sic.  is.  The  compensation  of  the    tax  collectors  shall 

five  per  cent,  on  thefirel  ten  thousand  dollars  received,  and 

two    and    a  half  per  cent,  on    all    sum-    beyond    that     amount 

until  the   compensation    shall  reach  eight    hundred   dol 
beyond  which  no  farther  compensation  shall  he  paid. 


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Sec  19.  The*  Secretary  of- the  Treasury  is  authorized  to 
establish  regulations  suitable  and  proper  to  carry  this  act 
into  effect;  which  regulations  shall  be  binding  on  all  officers; 
the  said  Secretary  may  also  frame  instructions  as  to  all  de- 
tails which  shall  be  obligatory  upon  all  parties  embraced 
within  the  provisions  of  this  act.  He  may  also  correct  all 
errors  in  assessments,  valuations,  and  tax  lists,  or  in  the  col- 
lection thereof,  in  such  form  and  upon  such  evidence  as  the 
said  Secretary  may  approve. 

Sec.  20.  Corporations  are  intended  to  be  embraced  under 
the  word  "  persons,"  used  in  this  act ;  and  whenever  the 
capital  stock  of  any  corporation  is  returned  by  the  corpora- 
tion itself  and  the  tax  paid,  the  stock  in  the  hands  of  indi- 
viduals shall  be  exempt  from  tax  ;  and  also  all  the  real  estate 
owned  by  the  corporation  and  used  for  carrying  on  its  busi- 
ness ;  and  the  capital  stock  of  all  corporations  shall  be  re- 
turned, and  the  tax  paid,  by  the  corporations  themselves,  and 
not  by  the  individual  stockholders.  The  term  "merchandize," 
is  designed  to  embrace  all  goods,  wares  and  merchandize 
held  for  sale,,  except  the  agricultural  products  of  the  coun- 
try. Money  at  interest,  is  intended  to  include  the  principal 
sum  of  all  money  belonging  to  any  person,  other  than  a  bank, 
upon  which  interest  is  paid  or  to  be  paid  by  the  debtor,  as 
the  same  stands  on  the  first  day  of  October.  The  term, 
"cattle,  horses  and  mules,"  is  intended  to  include  all  such 
animals  as  are  raised  for  sale,  and  not  such  as  are  raised 
merely  for  food  and  Work  on  the  plantation  or  farm  where 
they  are  held.  The  term  "  ,eal  estate,"  is  intended  to  in- 
clude all  lands  and  estates  therein,  and  all  interests  growing 
thereout,  including  ferries,  bridges,  mines,  and  the  like,  and 
in  all  cases  the  actual  marketable  value  of  property  is  to  be 
assessed. 

Sec.  21.  If  any  person  shall,  at  any  time  during  the  ex- 
istence of  the  present  war  between  the  Confederate  States 
and  the  United  States,  or  within  one  year  after  the  ratifica- 
tion of  a  treaty  of  peace  between  them,  falsely  make,  forge, 
or  counterfeit,  or  cause  or  procure  to  be  falsely  made,  forged 
or  counterfeited,  or  willingly  aid  or  assist  in  falsely  making, 
forging,  or  counterfeiting  any  note  in  imitation  of,  or  purpor- 
ting to  be  a  treasury  note  of  the  Confederate  States  ;  or 
shall  falsely  alter,  or  cause,  or  procure  to  be  falsely  altered, 
or  willingly  aid  orassistjn  falsely  altering  any  treasury  note 
of  the  Confederate  States  ;  or  shall  pass,  utter,  or  publish,-  or 
attempt  to  pass,  utter,  or- publish  as  true,  any  false,  forged 


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or  counterfeited  note  purporting  to  be  a  treasury  note  of  tiro 
Confederate  States,  knowing  the  same  to  be  falsely  forged  or 
counterfeited;  or  shall  pass,  utter,  or  publish,  or  attempt  to 
pass,  utter  or  publish,  as  true,  any  falsely  altered  treasury 
note  of  the  Confederate  States,  knowing  the  same  to  be  false- 
ly  altered,  or  shall  conspire,  or  attempt  to  conspire,  with  an- 
other, to  pass,  utter,  or  publish,  or  attempt  to  pass,  utter  or 
publish  as  true,  any  falsely  forged  or  counterfeited,  or  any 
falsely  altered  treasury  note  of  the  Confederate  States, 
knowing  the  same  to  be  falsely  forged  or  counterfeited,  or 
falsely  altered  ;  every  such  person  shall  be  deemed  and  ad- 
judged guilty  of  felony,  and  being  thereof  convicted  by  due 
course  of  law.  shall  suffer  death. 

Sec.  22.  Tf  any  person  shall,  at  any  time,  falsely  make, 
forge  or  counterfeit,  or  cause  or  procure  to  be  falsely  made. 
forged  or  counterfeited,  or  willingly  aid,  or  assist,  in  falsely 
making,  forging,  or  counterfeiting  any  bond,  or  coupon,  in 
imitation  of,  or  purporting  to  be  a  bond,  or  coupon,  of  the 
Confederate  States;  or  shall  falsely  alter,  or  cause,  or  pro- 
cure, to  In1  falsely  altered,  or  willingly  aid  or  assist  in  falsely 
altering  any  bond,  or  coupon,  of  the  Confederate  States;  or 
shall  pass,  utter  or  publish,  or  attempt  to  pass,  utter,  or 
publish  as  true,  any  false,  forged  or  counterfeited  bond,  pur- 
porting to  be  a  bond,  or  coupon,  of  the  Confederate  States, 
knowing  the  same  to  be  falsely  forged  or  counterfeited  ;  or 
shall  pa<s.  utter  or  publish,  or  attempt  to  pass,  utter  or  pub- 
lish, as  true,  any  falsely  altered  bond,  or  coupon,  of  the 
Confederate  States,  knowing  the  same  to  be  falsely  altered  ; 
or  shall  conspire,  or  attempt  to  conspire,  with  another,  to 
pass,  utter,  or  publish,  or  attempt  to  pass,  utter,  or  publish, 
as  true,  any  false,  forged,  or  counterfeited  bond,  or  coupon. 
purporting  to  be  a  bond  or  coupon  of  the  Confederate  States, 

Or  any  falsely  altered  bond,  or  coupon,  of  the  Confederate 
States,  knowing  the  same  to  be  falsely  forged  or  counterfeit- 
ed, or  falsely  altered  ;  every  such  person  shall  lie  deemed 
and  adjudged  guilty  of  felony,  and  being  thereof  convicted 
by  due  course  of  law,  shall  be  sentenced  to  be  imprisoned 
and  kept  at  hard  labor  for  a  term  not  less  than  fire  years, 
nor  more  than  ten  years,  ami  be  fined  in  a  sum  not  exceed- 
ing ii\  e  thousand  dollar,-. 

DEC.    23.    If  any  person  shall  make,    or  engrave,   or   eau-e, 

or  procure  to  be  made  or  engraved,  or  shall  have  in  Ins  i 
tody  or  possession,  any  metalic  plate  engraved  after  the  sim- 
ilitude of  any  plate  from  which  any  notes  or  bonds  issued  as 


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aforesaid,  shall  have  been  printed,  with  intent  to  use  such 
plate,  or  cause,  or  suffer  the  same  to  be  used  in  forging  or 
counterfeiting  any -of  the  notes  or  bonds  issued  as  aforesaid; 
or  shall  have  in  his  custody,  or  possession,  any  blank  note 
or  notes,  bond  or  bonds,  engraved  and  printed  after  the  sim- 
ilitude of  any  note,  or  bond,  issued  as  aforesaid,  withintent 
to  use  such  blanks,  or  cause,  or  suffer  the  samp  to  be  used 
in  forging  or  counterfeiting  any  of  the  notes  or  bonds  issued 
as  aforesaid;  or  shall  have  in  his  custody  or  possession, 
any  paper  adapted  to  the  making  of  notes  or  bond, 
and  similar  to  the  paper  upon  which  any  such  notes 
or  bonds  shall  have  been  issued,  with  intent  to  use 
such  paper,  or  cause  or  suffer  the  same  to  be  used,  in 
forging  or  counterfeiting  any  of  the  notes  or  bonds  issued  as 
aforesaid;  every  such  person  being  thereof  lawfully  convict- 
ed by  due  course  of  lav/,  shall  be  sentenced  to  be  imprisoned 
and  kept  to  hard  labor  for  a  term  not  less  than  five,  nor  more 
than  ten  years,  and  fined  in  a  sum  not  exceeding  five  thous- 
and dollars. 

Sec  21.  If  any  State  shall,- on  or  before  the  first  day  of 
April  next,  pay,  in  the  Treasury  notes  of  the  Confederate 
States,  or  in  specie,  the  taxes  assessed  against  the  citizens 
of  such  State,  less  ten  per  centum  thereon,  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  to  notify  the  same 
to  the  several  tax  collectors  in  such  State,  and  thereupon 
their  authority  and  duty  under  this  act  shall  cease. 

Sec.  2o.  If  any  person  shall,  at  any  time,  after  one  year 
from  the  ratification  of  a  treaty  of  peace  between  the  Con- 
federate States  and  the  United  States,  commit  any  of  the 
acts  described  in  the  twenty-first  section  of  this  act,  such 
person  shall  be  deemed  and  adjudged  guilty  of  felony,  and  be- 
ing thereof  convicted,  by  due  course  of  law,  shall  be  sen- 
tenced to  be  imprisoned  and  kept  at  hard  labor,  for  a  period 
of  not  less  than  five  years,  nor  more  than  ten  years,  and  be 
fined  in  a  sum  not  exceeding  five  thousand  dollars. 

Approved  August   19,  1861. 


No.  225.]  •      AN  ACT 

To  aid  the  State  of  Missouri    in    repelling  invasion   by    the 

United  States,  and    to    authorize    the   admission    of   said 

State  as  a  member  of  the  confederate  States   of  America, 

and  for  other  purposes. 

"Whereas,  the  people  of  the  State  of  Missouri  have  been 


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prevented,  by  the  unconstitutional  interference  of  the  Gov- 
ernment  of  the  United  States,  from  expressing  their  will 
through  their  legally  constituted  authorities,  in  regard  to  a 
union  with  the  Confederate  States  of  America,  and  are  now 
engaged  in  repelling  a  lawless  invasion  of  their  territory  by 
armed  forces;  and  whereas,  it  is  the  right  and  duty  of  the 
Confederate  (States  to  aid  the  people  and  government  of  the 
said  Stale  in  resisting  such  invasion,  and  in  securing  the 
means  and  the  opportunity  of  expressing  their  will  upon  all 
questions  affecting  their  rights  and  liberties;  now.  there- 
fore— 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact, 
Thai  the  President  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  be, 
and  he  is  hereby  authorized  to  co-operate  through  the  mili- 
tary power  of  this  Government  with  the  authorities  and  the 
people  of  the  State  of  Missouri  in  defending  that  State 
against  a  lawless  invasion  by  the  United  States,  and  in 
maintaining  the  liberty  and  independence  of  her  people;  and 
that  he  be  authorized  and  empowered,  at  his  discretion,  to 
receive  and  muster  into  the  service  of  the  Confederate 
States,  in  the  Stat-1  of  Missouri,  such  troops  of  that  Sta1 
may  volunteer  to  serve  in  thearmy  of  the  Confederal 
subject  to  the  rules  and  regulations  of  said  army,  and  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  laws  of  Congress;  and  said  troops  may  I  c 
received  into  service  by  companies,  battalions  or  regiments, 
with  their  officer 8  elected  by  the  troops,  and  the  officers 
so  elected  shall  be  commissioned  by  the  President;  and  when 
mustered  into  service  said  companies,  battalions  or  regiments 
may  be  attached  to  Buch  brigades  or  divisions  as  the  Presi- 
dent may  determine;  and  the  President  shall  have  power  to 
appoint  field  officers  for  all  battalions  and  regiments 
organized  out  ofseperate  companies  mustered  into  Ben 
and  to  add  to  battalions  a  Buffii  ient  number  of  separate  com- 
panies to  complete  their  organization  into  regiments,  and  to 
appoint  the  additional  field  officers  necessary  for  the  com- 
plete organization  of  the  regiments  SO  formed;  and  all  va- 
cancies that  may  occur  among  the  commissioned  officers  of 
troops  mustered  into  service  under  this  act.  shall  be  filled  in 
the  manner  provided  in  the  act  entitled  "An  act  for  the  es- 
tablishment and  organization  of  the  army  of  the  Confederate 
States  of  America,9  approved  sixth  March,  eighteen  hundred 
and  sixty-one. 

Si'.e.  2.    That   the    State   of  Missouri    shall   he   admitted   a 
member    of  the    Confederate    States    of  America,    upon  an 


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equal  footing  with  the  other  States  under  the  Constitution 
for  the  Provisional  Government  of  the  same,  upon  the  con- 
dition that  the  said  Constitution  for  the  Provisional  Govern- 
ment of  the  Confederate  States  shall  be  adopted  and  ratified 
by  the  properly  and  legally  constituted  authorities  of  said 
State,  and  the  Governor  of  said  State  shall  transmit  to  the 
President  of  the  Confederate  States  an  authentic  copy  of 
the  proceedings  touching  said  adoption  and  ratification  by 
said  State  of  said  Provisional  Constitution  ;  upon  the  receipt 
whereof,  the  President,  by  proclamation,  shall  announce  the 
fact ;  whereupon,  and  without  any  further  proceedings  upon 
the  part  of  Congress,  the  admission  of  said  State  of  Missou- 
ri into  this  Confederacy,  under  said  Constitution  for  the 
Provisional  Government  of  the  Confederate  States,  shall  be 
considered  as  complete ;  and  the  laws  of  this  Confederacy 
shall  be  thereby  extended  over  said  State  of  Misso.uri  as 
fully  and  completely  as  over  other  States  now  composing  the 
same. 

Sec.  3.  That  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  re- 
cognize the  government  of  which  Claiborne  F.  Jackson  is 
the  chief  magistrate,  to  be  the  legally  elected  and  regularly 
constituted  Government  of  the  people  and  State  of  Missouri ; 
and  that  the  President  of  the  Confederate  States  be,  and  he 
is  hereby  empowered,  at  his  discretion,  at  any  time  prior  to 
the  admission  of  the  said  State  ,as  a  member  of  this  Confed- 
eracy, to  perfect  and  proclaim  an  alliance,  offensive  and 
defensive,  with  the  said  Government,  limited  to  the  period  of 
the  existing  war  between  this  Confederacy  and  the  United 
States ;  the  said  treaty  or  alliance  to  be  in  force  from  the 
date  thereof,  and  until  the  same  shall  be  disaffirmed  or 
rejected  by  this  Congress. 

Approved  August  20,  1861. 


No.  226.]  AN  ACT 

To  empower  the  President  of  the  Confederate  States  to  ap- 
point additional  Commissioners  to  Foreign  nations. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Amer- 
ica do  enact,  That  the  President  of  the  Confederate  States 
be,  and  he  is  hereby,  empowered  to  determine  and  designate 
to  what  nations,  the  Commissioners  of  the  Confederate  States 
now    in    Europe,  shall   be   accredited,    either  separately  or 


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unitedly ;  and  to  prescribe  the  duties  he  may  think  proper 
to  assign  to  each  of  them. 

Sf.c.  2.  And  be  it  further  enacted.  That  the  President  be 
and  he  is  hereby  empowered  to  appoint  two  other  Commis- 
sioners to  represent  the  Confederate  States,  either  separately 
or  unitedly,  to  such  foreign  nations  as  lie  may  deem  ex- 
pedient 

Sec.  3.  And  be  it  further  enacted.  That  the  additional 
Commissioners  authorized  by  this  act.  shall  receive  the  same 
pay  and  emolument  as  the  Commissioners  now  in  Europe  re- 
ceive; and  the  President  shall  appoint  the  Secretaries  or 
Clerks,  required  by  said  missions,  and  determine  their  com- 
pensation. 

Approved  August  20,  1861. 


No.  227.]  AN  ACT 

To  authorize  payment   to   he  made   for  certain  Horses  pur- 
chased for  the  Army,  by  Col.  A.  W.  McDonald. 

SECTION  1.  T/i"  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Ame^ 
rica  do  enact.  That  the  Secretary  of  War  lie.  and  he  is  here- 
by authorised,  to  cause  payment  to  be  made  to  the  vendors. 
upon  an  audit  of  the  accounts,  of  certain  horses,  heretofore 
purchased,  by  order  of   Colonel   Angus   W.   McDonald    to 

mount  the  men  he  was  authorised  to  raise  by  order  of  the 
President  o\'  the  Confederate  States;  and  upon  the  payment 
of  tic  said  accounts,  said  horses  shall  become  the  property  of 
the  Government,  and  shall  he  >subjed  to  the  control  of  the 
Quartermaster's  Department;  Provided,  hovxver,  that  the 
Quartermaster  General  shall  he,  and  he  is  hereby  empowered 
to  permit  said  horses* to  remain  in  the  possession  of  the  vo- 
lunteers who  now  have  them,  subject  to  tin-  general  law  con- 
trolling cavalry  troops,  upon  the  written  agreement  of  said 
volunteers  that  Baid  horses  will  he  paid  for  by  them  out  of 
the  allowances  HOW  made  for  cavalry    troops. 

Approved  Afiigusl   21.  1861. 

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No.  228.]  AN  ACT 

Making  appropriation  for  the  Services  of  Physicians  to  be 
employed  in  conjunction  with  the  Medical  Staff  of  the 
Army. 

Section  1 .  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Ame- 
rica do  enact,  That  there  be  appropriated,  out  of  any  money 
in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  for  the  year  end- 
ing the  eighteenth  of  February,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty- 
two,  the  sum  of  fifty  thousand  dollars,  for  the  services  of 
physicians  to  be  employed  in  conjunction  with  the  Medical 
Staff  of  the  Army. 

Approved  August  21,  1861. 


No.  229.]  AN  ACT 

To  provide  for  Local  Defence  and  Special  Service. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Ame- 
rica do  enact,  That  the  President  be,  and  he  is  hereby  au- 
thorized to  accept  the  services  of  volunteers  of  such  kind 
and  in  such  proportion  as  he  may  deem  expedient,  to  serve 
for  such  time  as  he  may  prescribe,  for  the  defence  of  exposed 
places  or  localities,  or  such  special  service  as  he  may  deem 
expedient. 

Sec.  2.  And  such  forces  shall  be  mustered  into  the  ser- 
vice of  the  Confederate  States,  for  the  local  defence  or  spe- 
cial service  aforesaid,  the  muster  roll  setting  forth  distinct- 
ly the  services  to  be  performed  ;  and  the  said  volunteers  shall 
not  be  considered  in  actual  service  until  thereunto  specially 
ordered  by  the  President.  And  they  shall  be  entitled  to  pay 
or  subsistence  only  for  such  time  as  they  may  be  on  duty  un- 
der the  orders  of  the  President  or  by  his  direction. 

Sec  3.  Such  volunteer  forces,  when  so  accepted  and  or- 
dered into  service,  shall  be  organized  in  accordance  with  and 
subject  to  all  the  provisions  of  the  act  entitled  "  An  Act  to 
provide  for  the  Public  Defence,"  approved  March  6th,  1861, 
and  may  be  attached  to  such  divisions,  brigades,  regiments 
or  battalions  as  the  President  may  direct,  and  when  not  or- 
ganized into  battalions  or  regiments  before  being  mustered 
into  service,  the  President  shall   appoint  the  field  officers  of 


So 

the  battalions  and  regiments,  when  organised  as   such  by 
him. 

Approved  August  21,  1861. 


No.  230.]  AN  ACT 

To  authorize  the   employment  of    Cooks  and  Nurses,  other 
than  enlisted  men,  or  volunteers,  for  the  military  service. 

Section  1 .  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Ame- 
rica do  enact,  That  the  better  to  provide  for  the  sick  and 
wounded,  the  Secretary  of  War  is  authorized  to  direct  the 
employment,  when  deemed  necessary,  of  nurses  and  cooks, 
other  than  enlisted  men,  or  volunteers,  the  persons  so  em- 
ployed being  subject  to  military  control,  and  in  no  case  to 
receive  pay  above  that  allowed  to  enlisted  men,  or  volunteers. 

Sec  2.  That  there  be  appropriated  for  the  pay  of  the 
nurses  and  cooks,  provided  for  in  the  above  section,  one  hun- 
dred and  thirty  thousand  dollars. 

Approved  August  21,  1861. 


No.  231. J  AN  ACT 

Providing  for  the  disposition  of  Unclaimed  Goods  deposited 
in  warehouse,  as  prescribed  by  existing  laws. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact. 
That  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  act,  any  Collector  of 
the  Customs  is  hereby  authorized,  under  such  regulations 
and  directions  as  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  may  pre- 
scribe, to  take  possession  of,  either  on  board  the  importing 
vessel,  or  at  the  place  of  landing,  and  there  to  sell  at  public 
auction,  upon  due  notice,  any  imported  goods,  wares,  or  mer- 
chandize, remaining  unclaimed  beyond  the  period  prescribed 
by  law  for  the  unlading  of  the  same  from  the  importing  ves- 
sel, that  may,  in  the  opinion  of  such  Collector,  from  its 
bulky  character,  or  from  its  perishable  or  explosive  nature, 
or  from  ot^er  like  causes,  render  it  impracticable  to  deposit 
the  same  in  warehouse,  as  prescribed  by  law  for  unclaimed 
goods. 

Approved  August  21,  1861 


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No.  232.]  AN  ACT 

Making  appropriations  for  the  Public  Defence. 

Section  1 .  The  Congress  of  the.  Confederate  States  of  Ame- 
rica do  enact,  That  there  be  appropriated  out  of  any  money 
in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  for  the  year 
ending  the  eighteenth  February,  eighteen  hundred  and 
sixty-two,  the  sum  of  fifty-seven  millions  dollars  for  the 
pay  of  officers  and  privates  of  the  army,  volunteers  and 
militia,  in  the  public  service  of  the  Confederate  States;  for 
Quartermaster's  supplies  of  all  kinds,  transportation  and 
other  necessary  expenses;  for  the  purchase  of  subsistence, 
stores  and  commissary  property- for  the  ordnance  service 
in  all  its  branches;  for  engineering,  anil  for  the  surgical 
and  medical  service  of  the  Army,  in  all  supplies  and  neces- 
Siry  expenditures. 

Skc.  2.  That  the  above  appropriation  shall  be  distributed 
amongst  the  several  objects  of  appropriation  above  speci- 
fied, in  such  proportions  as  shall  be  determined  by  the  Secre- 
tary of  War,  with  the  approval  of  the  President. 

Approved  August  21,  1861 


No.  233.]  AN  ACT 

Making  Appropriation  for  Military  Hospitals. 

Section  1.  T/ie  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Ame- 
rica do  enact,  That  the  sum  of  fifty  thousand  dollars  be,  and 
the  same  is  hereby  appropriated  out  of  any  money  in  the 
Treasury,  not  otherwise  appropriated,  for  the  establishment 
and  support  of  Military  Hospitals,  during  the  current  fiscal 
year  ending  February  eighteenth,  eighteen  hundred  and 
sixty-two. 

Approved  Aug.  21.  1861. 


No.  loL]  A  RESOLUTION 

In  Relation  to  the  Equipments  of  Volunteer   Cavalry  Com- 
panies. 

Kesotved  by  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Ame- 
rica.  That   the  Secretary  of  War  be.  and  he  is  hereby    au- 


thorized,  in  his  discretion,  to  furnish  to  Volunteer  Cavalry 
Companies,  whose  services  are  accepted  for  the  war  by  the 
Confederate  States,  all  necessary  equipments. 

Approved  Aug.  81,  1861. 


No.  235.]  AN  ACT 

Supplemental  to  "  An  act  to  put  in  Operation  the  Govern- 
ment, under  the  Permanent  Constitution  of  the  Confed- 
erate Stales  of  America." 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact, 

That  where,  in  any  State  of  this  Confederacy,  there  shall  be 
n<>  regular  session  of  the  Legislature  to  he  held  prior  to  the 
eighteenth  of  February,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two,  it 
is  hereby  provided,  in  obedience  to  the  seventh  Article  of 
the  Permanent  Constitution,  that  the  election  of  Senators 
for  the  first  Congress  may  he  made  at  any  special  or  extra 
session  of  the  Legislature  of  such  State,  prior  to  the  said 
eighteenth  of  February,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two. 

ArpROVED  Aug.  21,  1SG1. 


No.  236.]  AN  ACT 

To  Increase  the  Corps  of  Artillery,  and  for  other  Purposes. 

Section"  1 .  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Ame- 
rica do  enact,  That  there  be  added  to  the  Corps  of  Artillery. 
Confederate  States  Army,  one  Lieutenant-Colonel  and  two 
Majors,  with  the  pay  and  allowances  authorized  by  existing 
laws  for  those  grades  respectively. 

Sec  2.  That  the  President  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  author- 
ized to  appoint,  in  addition  to  the  Storekeepers  authorized 
by  the  fifth  section  of  the  Act  of  May  sixteen,  eighteen 
hundred  and  sixty-one,  " for  tHe  establishment  and  organi- 
zation of  the  Army  of  the  Confederate  States.''  as  many 
Military  Storekeepers  of  Ordnance,  with  the  pay  and  allow- 
ances ot  a  Captain  of  Infantry,  as  the  safe  keeping  of  the 
public  property  may  require*  no!  to  exceed  in  all  four  Store- 
keepers, who  shall,  previous  to  entering  on  duty,  give  bonds 
with  good  and  sufficient  security,  in  such  sums  as  the  Secre- 


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tary  of  War  may  direct,  fully  to  account  for  all  moneys  and 
public  property,  which  they  may  receive. 

Sec.  3.  That  the  President  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  author- 
ized, whenever  in  his  judgment  the  interests  of  the  service 
may  require,  and  where  officers  of  the  Army  cannot  be  as- 
signed to  these  duties,  to  appoint  one  or  more  Superintend- 
ents of  Armories  for  the  fabrication  of  small  arms,  whose 
salary  shall  not  exceed  two  thousand  five  hundred  dollars 
per  annum,  with  allowance  for  quarters  and  fuel  at  the  rate 
fixed  for  a  Major  in  the  Army.  And  that  the  President  be 
also  authorized  to  appoint  two  or  more  Master  Armorers, 
with  a  salary  not  to  exceed  fifteen  hundred  dollars  per  an- 
num, with  allowance  of  quarters  and  fuel  at  the  rate  fixed 
for  a  Captain  in  the  Army. 

Sec.  4.  That  during  the  existing  war,  the  President  may, 
as  Commander-in-Chief  of  the  Forces,  appoint,  at  his  discre- 
tion, for  his  personal  staff,  two  Aids-de-Camp,  with  the  rank, 
pay  and  allowances  of  a  Colonel  of  Cavalry. 

Sec  5.  That  hereafte.-,  there  shall  be  allowed  one  addi- 
tional Sergeant  to  each  Company  in  the  service  of  the  Con- 
federate States,  making  in  all,  five  Sergeants  per  Company, 
who  shall  receive  the  same  pay  and  allowances  as  are  pro- 
vided by  existing  laws  for  that  grade. 

Approved  Aug.  21,  1861. 


No.  237.]     PREAMBLE  AND  RESOLUTIONS 

Concerning  Brigadier-General  Ben.  McCullough. 

Whereas,  it  has  pleased  Almighty  God  to  vouchsafe  to  the 
armies  of  the  Confederate  States  another  glorious  and  impor- 
tant victory  in  a  portion  of  the  country  where  a  reverse 
would  have  been  disastrous  by  exposing  the  families  of  the 
good  people  of  the  State  of  Missouri  to  the  unbridled  license 
of  the  brutal  soldiery  of  an  unscrupulous  enemy  :  There- 
fore, be  it 

Resolved  by  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States,  That  the 
thanks  of  Congress  are  cordially  tendered  to  Brigadier  Gen- 
eral Ben.  McCullough  and  the  officers  and  soldiers  of  his 
brave  command,  for  their  gallant  conduct,  in  defeating,  after 
a  battle  of  six  and  a  half  hours,  a  force  of  the  enemy  equal  in 
numbers  and  greatly  superior  in  all  their  appointments;  thus 
proving  that  a  right  cause  nerves  the  hearts  and  strengthens 


3!) 

the  arms  of  the  Southern  people,  fighting,  as  they  are,  for 
their  liberty,  their  homes  and  firesides,  against  an  unholy 
despotism. 

Resolved,  further,  That  in  the  opinion  of  Congress,  Gener- 
al McCullough  and  his  gallant  troops  arc  entitled  to,  and  will 
receive,  the  grateful  thanks  of  our  people. 

Resolved,  further,  That  the  foregoing  Resolutions  be  com 
munieated  to  that  command  by  the  proper  Department. 

Approved  Aug.  22.  1861, 


No.  238.]  AN  ACT 

Making  appropriations  to  carry  into  effect  section  two  of  an 
act  approved  May  twenty-first,  eighteen  hundred  and  six- 
ty-one, entitled  **An  Act  to  define  with  more  certainty 
the  meaning  of  an  act  entitled  *  An  Act  to  fix  the  duties 
on  articles  therein  named.'  "  approved  March  fifteenth, 
eighteen  hundred   and  sixty-one. 

Thf  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact, 
That,  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  into  effect  the  second  sec- 
tion of  an  act  approved  May  twenty-first,  eighteen  hundred 
and  sixty-one,  entitled  "An  Act  to  define  with  more  cer- 
tainty the  meaning  of  an  act  entitled  *  An  Act  to  fix  the 
duties  on  articles  therein  named/  "  approved  March  fifteenth, 
eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-one.  the  sum  of  two  thousand 
three  hundred  and  seventy  nine  dollars  and  eighty  cents  be, 
and  the  same  is  hereby,  appropriated,  out  of  any  money  in  the 
Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  to  he  paid  to  Charles  T. 
Pollard,  President  of  the  Alabama  and  Florida  Railroad  Com- 
pany, being  the  difference  between  fifteen  and  twenty-four 
per  cent,  duty  on  Railroad  iron  of  the  value  of  twenty-six 
thousand  four  hundred  and  forty-two  dollars  And  twenty-six 
cents,  withdrawn  from  Warehouse  at  Pensaeola,  Flori- 
da, in  the  month  of  April,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-one. 

Approved  Aug.  22.    1861. 


No.  239.]  AN  ACT 

To   authorize  the  Postmaster    General   to   contract  for  the 
carriage  of  the  Mails  on  the  route  hereafter   mentioned. 

Section  1 .   The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Amer- 
ica do  enact.  That  the  following  mail  route  be.  and  the  same 


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is,  hereby  established  to  wit :  From  station  seventeen,  on 
the  Savannah,  Albany  and  Gulf  Rail  Road,  commonly  called 
Groover's  Station,  in  the  State  of  Georgia,  to  the  town 
of  Monticello,  in  the  State  of  Florida. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  Postmaster 
General  be,  and  is  hereby  authorized,  to  make  the  first  con- 
tract for  carrying  of  the  mail  over  said  route,  without  the 
necessity  of  advertising  for  bids  for  said  contract  as  required 
by  existing  law;  and  that  this  act  do  take  effect  and  be  in 
force,  from  and  after  its  passage:  Provided,  however,  that 
nothing  in  this  Act  contained,  shall  be  so  construed  as  to  re- 
quire the  Postmaster  General  to  put  the  mail  upon  said 
route,  unless  in  his  opinion  the    public  interest    demand  it. 

Approved  Aug.  22,  1861. 


No.  240.]  AN  ACT 

To  establish  a  uniform  rule  of  naturalization  for  persons  en- 
listed in  the  armies  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Ame- 
rica. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Ame- 
rica do  enact,  That  every  person  not  a  citizen  of  one  of  the 
Confederate  States  engaged  in  the  military  service  of  the 
said  Confederate  States  during  the  existing  war  against  the 
United  States  of  America,  shall  thereby,  and  whilst  in  such 
service,  be  under  the  protection  of  the  Confederate  States  as 
fully  as  if  he  were  a  citizen  thereof,  the  .rights  of  a  citizen 
being  to  such  extent  hereby  conferred,  and  moreover  shall 
have  the  right  to  become  naturalized  and  to  become  a  citizen 
of  any  one  of  the  Confederate  States,  and  shall  thereby  be 
entitled  to  all  the  rights  and  privileges  of  a  citizen  of  said 
State  of  the  Confederate  States  upon  taking  an  oath  to  sup- 
port the  Constitution  of  such  State,  and  well  and  faithfully 
to  serve  the  Confederate  States  of  America,  to  maintain  and 
support  the  Constitution  and  laws  thereof,  and  to  renounce 
all  allegiance  and  obedience  to  any  foreign  Government, 
State,  Sovereignty,  -Prince  or  Potentate,  and  particularly  by 
name  the  Government,  State,  Sovereignty,  Prince  or  Poten- 
tate of  which  he  may  be,  or  have  been,  a  citizen  or  subject, 
and  stating  which  one  of  the  Confederate  States  he  intends 
to  become  a  citizen  of;  but  if  the  State  in  which  the  said 
applicant  shall  have  resided  next  before  his  application  shall 


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afterwards  become  a  member  of  this  Confederacy,  the  citi- 
zenship of  said  applicant  shall  remain  in  said  Slate  a1  his 
election,  notwithstanding  proceedings  ander  this  act. 

Sbc.  8.  The  oath  prescribed  in  the  preceding  section  may 
be  made  by  all  persons  helnw  the  rank  of  Colonel,  before  the 
Colonel  or  commanding  offieerof  the  regiment  to  which  such 
persons  may  he  attached;  and  said  oath  may  be  made  by 
Colonels,  and  all  officers  superior  in  rank  to  Colonels,  and 
by  all  persons  enlisted  in  the  military  service  of  the  Con- 
federate States  not  attached  to  regiments,  before  any  com- 
missioned officer  of  the  Confederate  States  of  rank  higher 
than  that  of  Colonel.  And  it  shall  he  the  duty  of  the  Sec- 
retary of  War  to  provide  blank  forms  of  the  oalh  required 
to  lie  taken  as  aforesaid,  and  to  cause  the  same  to  he  dis- 
tributed whenever  necessary,  and  to  make  the  regulations 
necessaryfor  informing  all  persons  now  engaged  in  the  mili- 
tary service  of  the  Confederate  States  of  the  provisions  of 
this  act.  and  to  cause  all  the  oaths  so  taken  as  aforesaid  to  be 
returned  to  the  War  Department :  And  it  shall  be  further 
the  duty  of  the  Secretary  of  War  to  file  for  record,  in  the 
District  Court  of  the  Confederate  States  for  the  State  and 
District  where  the  Capital  may  he  situated,  all  the  oaths  so 
returned  to  the  War  Department  as  aforesaid.  And  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  Clerk  of  said  District  Court  to  record  all 
oaths  of  naturalization  filed  with  hiiu  as  aforesaid,  and  to 
keep  an  index  of  the  same;  for  which  seryice  he  shall  he  en- 
titled to  a  fee  of  twenty-five  cents  for  each  naturalization 
oath,  to  he  paid  out  of  the  public  treasury  in  the  same  man- 
ner as  his  other  fees  of  office. 

Approved  Augusl  22,  1SG1. 


No.  841.]  AN  ACT 

Making  appropriations  for  the  expenses  of  Government  in 
the  Legislative,  Executive  and  .Judicial  Departments,  for 
the  year  ending  eighteenth  of  February,  eighteen  hundred 

and  sixty-two. 

TIu  Congress  of  f/ir  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact, 

That    the    following    SUH8    be,  and    the  same  arc    hereby,  ap- 
propriated, out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  Otherwise 

1 


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appropriated,  for  the  objects  hereafter  expressed,  for  the 
year  ending  the  eighteenth  of  February,  eighteen  hundred 
and  sixty-two  : 

Legislative. — For  compensation  and  mileage  of  members 
of  Congress,  forty-five  thousand  dollars. 

Executive. — For  contingent  and  telegraphic  expenses  of 
the  Executive  office,  two  thousand  five  hundred  dollars. 

Department  of  Justice. — For  incidental  and  contingent 
expenses,  including  printing  and  advertising  the  laws,  two 
thousand  five  hundred  dollars. 

For  salary  of  the  Law  Clerk  of  the  Department  of  Jus- 
tice, eight  hundred  and  seventy-five  dollars. 

For  salary  of  Superintendent  of  Public  Printing,  and 
Clerk  and  Messenger  in  his  office,  three  thousand  dollars. 

For  purchase  of  paper  for  the  printing  of  Congress  and 
the  Executive  Departments,  under  the  fourth  section  of  the 
act  of  May  fourteenth,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-one, 
seven  thousand  dollars. 

Treasury  Department. — For  one  Chief  Clerk  to  aid  the 
First  Auditor  in  auditing  the  accounts  of  the  Post  Office 
Department,  at  two  thousand  dollars  per  annum,  per  act 
approved  May  sixteenth,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-one, 
the  sum  of  one  thousand  five  hundred  and  thirteen  dollars 
and  ninety-seven  cents. 

For  fifteen  clerks,  at  twelve  hundred  dollars  each,  the  sum 
of  thirteen  thousand  six  hundred  and  twenty-five  dollars 
and  eighty-two  cents. 

For  fourteen  clerks,  at  one  thousand  dollars  each,  the  sum 
of  ten  thousand  five  hundred  and  ninety-seven  dollars  and 
eighty-five  cents. 

For  one  messenger,  at  five  hundred  dollars  per  annum, 
the  sum  of  three  hundred  and  seventy-eight  dollars  and 
forty-nine  cents. 

For  one  Chief  Clerk  for  Second  Auditor's  office,  at  four- 
teen hundred  dollars  per  annum,  per  act  approved  May 
twenty-first,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-one,  the  sum  of  one 
thousand  forty-four  dollars  and  thirty-nine  cents. 

For  five  clerks,  per  same  act,  at  twelve  hundred  dollars 
■each,  the  sum  of  four  thousand  four  hundred  and  seventy- 
six  dollars. 

For  five  clerks,  per  same  act,  at  one  thousand  dollars 
each,  the  sum  of  three  thousand  seven  hundred  and  thirty 
dollars. 

Judiciary. — For  salaries  of  Judges  and  District  Attor- 


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neys  of  the  Confederate.  States,  and  incidental  and  contin- 
gent expenses  of  Courts,  twenty-two  thousand  dollars. 

Public  Debt. — For  interest  on  the  public  debt,  two  hun- 
dred and  fifty  thousand  dollars. 

Approved  August  24,  1861. 


No.  242.  ]  AN  ACT 

Making  appropriations  to  carry  into  effect,  "An  Act  to  au- 
thorize the  issue  of  Treasury  Notes,  and  to  provide  a  war 
tax  for  their  redemption,"  and  for  other  purposes. 
Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Aim  - 
rica  do  enact.  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  the  same  are 
hereby,  appropriated,  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not 
otherwise  appropriated,  to  carry  into  effect  "An  Act  to  au- 
thorize the  issue  of  Treasury  Notes,  and  to  provide  a  war 
tax  for  their  redemption,"  for  the  year  ending  the  eighteenth 
of  February,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two  :  For  one  chief 
Clerk,  fifteen  hundred  dollars;  for  two  Clerks,  twelve  hun- 
dred dollars  each,  twenty-four  hundred  dollars  ;  for  two  Clerks, 
at  one  thousand  dollars  each,  two  thousand  dollar-;  for  five 
additional  i  'lerks,  if  found  necessary  by  the  Secretary  of  the 
Treasury,  at  one  thousand  dollars  each,  five  thousand  dollars  ; 
for  printing  forms  and  advertising,  ten  thousand  dollars  ;  for 
paper  for  Bonds,  and  for  engraving  and  printing  Treasury 
Notes  and  Bonds,  one  hundred  and  thirty-seven  thousand 
dollars. 

Approved  August  24,   1861. 


No.  243.]  AN  ACT 

Making  further  appropriations  for  the  service  of  the   I 
Office  Department  during  the  year  ending  the  eighteenth 
February,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  if  the  Confederate  States  of  A /Ul- 
rica do  enact.  That  the  sum  of  live  hundred  thousand  dollars 
be,  and  the  same  is  hereby,  appropriated  out  of  any  money 
in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise   appropriated,  to  supply  deft- 


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ciencies  in  the  revenue  of  the  Post  Office  Department 
during  the  year  ending  the  eighteenth  February,  eighteen 
hundred  and  sixty-two. 

Approved  August  29,  1861. 


No.  245.]  AN  ACT 

To  authorize  the  issue  of  Inscribed  Stock  in   the  stead  of 
Coupon  Bonds. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Ame- 
rica do  enact,  That  in  all  cases  where  Bonds  are  authorized 
to  be  issued  under  the  acts  of  Congress,  to  raise  money  for 
the  use  of  the  Confederate  States,  the  Secretary  of  the  Treas- 
ury, at  the  request  of  the  party  interested,  may  cause  to  be 
issued,  instead  of  Bonds,  Certificates  of  Inscribed  Stock, 
payable  to  order,  transferable  at  the  Treasury  for  the  same 
amount  of  principal,  at  the  same  rate  of  interest,  and  pay- 
able at  the  same  dates  as  are  prescribed  for  the  Bonds. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  if  any  person  shall 
falsely  make,  forge  or  counterfeit,  or  cause,  or  procure  to 
be  falsely  made,  forged  or  counterfeited,  or  willingly  aid  or 
assist  in  falsely  making,  or  forging,  or  counterfeiting  any 
certificate  of  stock,  in  imitation  of,  or  purporting  to  be,  a 
certificate  of  stock,  issued  in  accordance  with  the  provisions 
of  any  acts  of  Congress,  authorizing  the  issue  of  any  certifi- 
cate of  stock,  or  shall  pass,  utter  or  publish,  or  attempt  to 
pass,  utter  or  publish,  as  true,  any  false,  forged  or  counter- 
feited certificate  of  stock,  purporting  to  be  a  certificate  of 
stock  as  aforesaid,  knowing  the  same  to  be  falsely  made, 
forged,  or  counterfeited,  or  shall  falsely  alter,  or  cause  or 
procure  to  be  falsely  altered,  or  willingly  aid  or  assist  in 
falsely  altering  any  certificate  of  stock,  issued  as  aforesaid, 
or  shall  pass,  utter,  or  publish,  or  attempt  to  pass,  utter,  or 
publish,  as  true,  any  falsely  altered  certificate  of  stock,  is- 
sued as  aforesaid,  knowing  the  same  to  be  falsely  altered, 
every  such  person  shall  be  deemed  and  adjudged  guilty  of 
felony,  and  being  thereof  convicted  by  due  course  of  law, 
shall  be  sentenced  to  be  imprisoned  and  kept  at  labor  for  a 
period  of  not  less  than  three  years,  nor  more  than  ten  years, 
and  be  fined  in  a  sum  not  exceeding  five  thousand  dollars. 

Approved  August  24,   1861. 


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No.  246  ]  AN  ACT 

To  establish  Assay  Offices  at  Charlotte  and  Dahlonega. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Amer- 
ica do  enact.  That  the  President  be,  and  he  is.  hereby, 
authorized  to  appoint  an  Assayer  at  Charlotte,  North  Caro- 
lina, and  another  at  Dahlonega,  in  the  State  of  Georgia, 
whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  assay  and  certify  the  fineness  and 
value  of  such  gold  and  silver  as  may  be  submitted  to  them 
respectively  to  he  assayed. 

Sec  2.  The  said  Assayers  shall,  respectively,  execute  a 
bond  to  the  Confederate  States,  with  sufficient  Bureties,  in 
such  sum  as  may  be  approved  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Treas- 
ury, to  discharge  the  duties  of  his  office,  and  shall  take  oath  to 
discharge  the  said  duties  and  to  support  the  Constitution  of 
the  Confederate  States;  whereupon  the  Secretary  of  the 
Treasury  shall  place  in  his  charge,  and  subject  to  his  use, 
the  buildings  used  for  the  mint,  and  the  tools  and.  implements 
us.'d  therein. 

Sec.  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  said  Assayer  to  take 
proper  care  of  the  said  buildings,  grounds,  and  property, 
Keep  the  same  in  good  repair,  and  to  restore  the  same  to  the 
Confederate  States  in  like  condition  in  which  they  were 
received;  he  shall  hold  his  offiee  for  two  years,  and  shall 
employ  under  him.  at  Buch  rates  as  he  may  agree  upon, such 
men  and  inferior  officers  as  he  may  see  fit. 

Sec.  i.  The  whole  expense  of  the  establishment  shall  be 
defrayed  by  the  Assayer;  and.  in  order  to  defray  the  same. 
and  to  receive  a  reasonable  compensation  for  his  services, he 
shall  be  entitled  to  retain  from  all  metals  or  ores  submitted 
to  him  for  assay,  such  seignorage  or  charge  as  -will  enable 
him  to  receive  an  annual  salary  not  exceeding  two  thousand 

dollars. 

.  .).  The  said    Assayers    shall,  from    time  to   time,  a 
required  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  make  an  accurate 

report  of  all  proceedings  at  their  offices,  in  such  form  as  may 
be  required  by  the  said  Secretary;  and  they  and  their 
officers  shall,  at  all  time-,  be  Bubjecl  to  such  orders  and  reg- 
ulations as  th(  tary  of  the  Treasury  may.  from  time  to 
;ine'.  make  or  direct. 

Am  August  J  1.  1861. 


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No.  247.]  AN  ACT 

Making  additional  appropriations  for  the  Navy  of  the  Con- 
federate States,  for  the  year  ending  February  eighteenth,, 
eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact, 
That  there  he  appropriated,  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury, 
not  otherwise  appropriated,  for  the  year  ending  February 
eighteenth,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two,  the  following 
sums  for  the   Navy  : 

For  the  purchase  and  building  of  steamers  and  gun  boats 
for  coast  defences  of  the  Confederate  States,  the  sum  of  fifty 
thousand  dollars. 

For  repairing  and  fitting  the  steamer  Merrimac  as  an  iron- 
clad ship,  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  seventy-two  thousand 
five  hundred  and  twenty-three  dollars. 

For  raising  the  ships-of-the-line  Columbus,  Delaware, 
Pennsylvania  and  brig  Dolphin,  the  sum  of  twenty-five 
thousand  dollars. 

For  pay,  subsistence,  and  other  wants  of  five  hundred 
additional  seamen,  ordinary  seamen,  landsmen  and  boys,  and 
firemen  and  coal  heavers,  the  sum  of  ninety  thousand  dollars. 

For  medical  supplies  and  surgeon's  necessaries,  the  sum 
of  four  thousand  dollars. 

To  pay  employees  at  the  Navy  Yard,  Norfolk,  Vir- 
ginia, from  the  first  day  of  July,  eighteen  hundred  and 
sixty-one,  to  the  eighteenth  of  February,  eighteen  hun- 
dred and  sixty-two,  the  sum  of  six  thousand  seven  hun- 
dred dollars. 

For  floating  defences  for  New  Orleans,  Louisiana,  eight 
hundred  thousand  dollars. 

To  construct  sub-marine  batteries  for  the  destruction  of 
vessels,  fifty  thousand  dollars. 

To  construct  a  centrifugal  gun,  invented  by  Charles  S. 
Dickinson,  subject  to  the  conditions  of  the  Act  passed  for 
that  purpose,  five  thousand  dollars. 

For  expenditures  in  the  Ordnance  Department  of  the 
Navy  Yard  at  Norfolk,  for  the  year  ending  February  eigh- 
teenth, eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two,  one  hundred  and 
fifteen  thousand  and  fifty-one  dollars. 

For  the  construction,  equipment,  and  armament  of  two 
iron-clad  gun  boats,  for  the  defence  of  the  Mississippi  river 
and  the  city  of  Memphis,  one  hundred  and  sixty  thousand 
dollars. 

Approved  August  24,  1861. 


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No.  248.]  AN  ACT 

To  repeal  the  fourth  section  of  "An  Act  to  regulate  Foreign 
Coins  in  the  Confederate  States,"  approved  March  16th, 
1861,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Ame- 
rica do  enact,  That  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  act, 
the  fourth  section  of  "An  Act  to  regulate  Foreign  Coins  in 
the  Confederate  States,"  approved  March  16,  1861.  he,  and 
the  same  is  hereby  repealed,  and  that  hereafter  the  following 
gold  coin  shall  pass  current  as  money  within  the  Confederate 
Stall's  of  America,  and  he  rcceivahle  for  the  payment  of  all 
debts  and  demands  at  the  following  rates,  that  is  to  say  : 
The  Sovereign,  of  England,  of  no  less  a  weight  than  five 
pennyweights  and  three  grains,  and  of  the  fineness  of 
(91  j  1-2)  nine  hundred  and  fifteen  and  one-half  thousandths, 
shall  be  deemed  equal  to  four  dollars  and  eighty-five  cents  ; 
the  Napoleon,  of  the  weight  of  not  less  than  (4dwt.  and  3  1-2 
grains)  four  pennyweights,  three  grains  and  one-half,  and  of 
a  fineness  of  uot  less  than  (899)  eight  hundred  and  ninety- 
nine  thousandths,  shall  be  deemed  equal  to  three  dollars  and 
eighty-five  cents ;  the  Spanish  and  Mexican  Doubloons,  of 
no  less  a  weight  than  (1?  dwt.,  8  1-2  grs.)  seventeen  penny- 
weights, eight -grains  and  one-half,  and  of  the  fineness  of  not 
less  than  (899)  eight  hundred  and  ninety-nine  thousandths, 
shall  be  deemed  equal  to  fifteen  dollars  and  sixty  cents. 

Approved  August  24,  1861. 


No.  249.]  AN  ACT 

To  amend  an  act  entitled  "An  act  to  create  the  clerical 
force  of  the  several  Departments  of  the  Confederate  States 
of  America   and  for  other  purposes,"  approved  .March 

seventh,  eighteen  hundred  and  aixty-one. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Ame- 
rica do  enact,  That  the  clerical  force  of  the  War  Department 
shall  be  increased  totheextenl  and  in  the  manner  following, 
to  wit : 

Fob  the  Office  of  the  Se<  ri  tar*  of  W  \h. — <  >ne  clerk, 
at  the  rate  of  two  thousand  dollars  per  annum  ;  for  the  pay- 
ment of  whom,  from  eighteenth  of  August,  eighteen  hundred 
and  sixty-one,  to  the  eighteenth  of  February,  eighteen  hun- 


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dred  and  sixty-two,  there  is  hereby  appropriated  the  sum  of 
one  thousand  dollars. 

For  the  Office  of  the  Adjutant  General. — One  clerk 
at  the  rate  of  twelve  hundred  dollars  per  annum ;  one  clerk 
at  the  rate  of  one  thousand  dollars  per  annum ;  one  clerk 
at  the  rate  of  eight  hundred  dollars  per  annum ;  for  whose 
payment,  from  eighteenth  of  August,  eighteen  hundred  and 
sixty-one,  to  the  eighteenth  of  February,  eighteen  hundred 
and  sixty-two,  there  is  hereby  appropriated  the  sum  of  fif- 
teen hundred  dollars. 

For  the  Office  of  the  Quartermaster-General  three 
additional  clerks  at  twelve  hundred  dollars  each  per  annum ; 
three  additional  clerks  at  one  thousand  dollars  each  per  an- 
num ;  for  whose  payment,  from  eighteenth  of  August, 
eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-one,  to  the  eighteenth  of  Feb- 
ruary, eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two,  there  is  hereby  ap- 
propriated the  sum  of  three  thousand  and  three  hundred 
dollars. 

For  the  Office  of  the  Commissary  General,  for  two 
clerks  at  the  rate  of  twelve  hundred  dollars  each  per  an- 
num ;  for  whose  payment,  from  eighteenth  of  August,  eigh- 
teen hundred  and  sixty-one,  to  the  eighteenth  of  February, 
eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two,  there  is  hereby  appropria- 
ted the  sum  of  twelve  hundred  dollars. 

For  the  Bureau  of  Engineers. — One  clerk  at  twelve 
hundred  dollars;  one  clerk  at  one  thousand  dollars;  one 
draughtsman  at  twelve  hundred  dollars;  for  whose  pay- 
ment, from  the  eighteenth  of  August,  eighteen  hundred 
and  sixty-one,  to  the  eighteen  of  February,  eighteen  hun- 
dred and  sixty-two,  there  is  hereby  appropriated  the  sum  of 
seventeen  hundred  dollars. 

Approved,  August  29,  1861. 


No.  252.]  AN  ACT 

To  authorize  the  Construction  of  certain  Gun-boats. 

Section  1 .  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Ame- 
rica do  enact,  That  in  addition  to  the  gun-boats  heretofore 
authorized  by  law,  the  President  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  au- 
thorized, in  his  discretion,  to  cause  to  be  constructed  three 
others,  specially  adapted  to  sea  coast  defence. 


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Sec.  2.  That  the  sum  of  four  hundred  and  twenty  thou- 
sand dollars  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby,  appropriated  to  the 
object  specified  in  the  foregoing  section. 

Approved  August  29,  [861. 


No.  853.]  AN  ACT 

To  fix  the  fees  and  costs  in  Admiralty  case-. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  mart. 
That  for  all  services  rendered  by  clerks,  marshals,  and  dis- 
trict attorneys  in  admiralty  cases  in  the  Confederate  Courts, 
and  for  which  no  compensation  is  now  fixed  by  law,  there 
shall  be  paid  to  said  officers,  and  allowed  to  them  in  the  settle- 
ment of  their  accounts,  the  same  costs  and  fees  as  were  al- 
lowed under  the  laws  of  the  United  States  in  like  cases, 
which  were  in  force  on  the  eighteenth  February,  eighteen 
hundred  and  sixty-one. 

Ai  proved  August  29,  1861. 


No.  254.]  AN   ACT 

To  authorize   the   Secretary  of  the  Navy  to  make  certain 
contracts  without  advertising  for  proposals. 

The  Congress  of  tin  Confederate  Studs  of  America  do  mart* 
That  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy  be,  ami  he  is  hereby,  au- 
thorized, in  case  he  should  deem  it  advisable,  to  contract  for 
building  any  gun-boats  for  which  appropriations  have  ! 
or  may  he.  made  during  the  present  or  any  previous  9essioD 
of  Congress,  or  for  altering  other  vessels  so  as  to  convert  them 
into  gun-boats,  without  advertising  for  proposals  for  such 
work,  as  required  by  law:  Provided,  That  the  conl 
made  shall  he  in  writing,  and  shall  he  placed  0D  file  iu  the 
Navy  I h  partment,  and  a  copy  thereof  deposited,  without  de- 
lay, in  the  office  of  the  controller  of  the  Treasury. 

Approved  August  I'.K  1861. 


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No.  255.]  AN  ACT 

Making  appropriation  for  the  purchase  of  a   steamer  and 
certain  military  supplies. 

Section  1 .  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Ame- 
rica do  enact,  That  the  sum  of  one  million  of  dollars  be,  and 
the  same  is  hereby,  appropriated,  out  of  any  money  in  the 
Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  for  the  purchase  of  a 
steamer,  and  such  supplies  of  leather,  shoes,  flannel  and 
woolen  clothing  and  blankets  for  the  use  of  the  troops  in  the 
service  of  the  Confederate  States — the  said  appropriation  to 
be  expended  under  the  direction  of  the  President. 

Approvd  August  30,  1861. 


No.  256.]  AN  ACT 

To  amend  the  second  section  of  "  An  act  concerning  the 
transportation  of  soldiers  and  allowance  for  clothing  of 
volunteers,  and  amendatory  of  the  '  Act  for  the  establish- 
ment and  organization  of  the  Army  of  the  Confederate 
States." " 


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Section  1 .  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Ame- 
rica do  enact,  That  the  Secretary  of  War  be,  and  he  is 
hereby,  authorized  and  required  to  provide,  as  far  as  pos- 
sible, clothing  for  the  entire  forces  of  the  Confederate 
States,  and  to  furnish  the  same  to  every  regiment  or  com- 
pany upon  the  requisition  of  the  commander  thereof,  the 
quantity,  quality  and  kind  thereof  to  be  established  by  re- 
gulation of  the  Department,  to  be  approved  by  the  Presi- 
dent ;  and,  in  case  any  State  shall  furnish  to  its  troops  and 
volunteers  in  the  Confederate  service  such  clothing,  then  the 
Secretary  of  War  is  required  to  pay  over  to  the  Governor 
of  such  State  the  money  value  of  the  clothing  so  furnished. 

Sec.  2.  The  commander  of  every  volunteer  company 
shall  have  the  privilege  of  receiving  commutation  for  cloth- 
ing at  the  rate  of  twenty-five  dollars  per  man  for  every  six 
months,  when  they  shall  have  furnished  their  own  clothing. 

Approved  August  30,  1861. 


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No.  257.]  AN  ACT 

To  authorize  the  establishment  of  Recruiting  Stations  for 
Volunteers  from  the  States  of  Kentucky.  Missouri,  Mary- 
land and  Delaware. 

Skction  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Ame- 
rica do  enact,  That  the  President  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  au- 
thorized to  establish  recruiting  stations  within  the  Confede- 
rate States  for  the  reception  of  volunteers  into  the  military 
Lee  of  the  Confederate  States  from  among  persons 
who  are,  or  have  been,  residents  of  the  States  of  Kentucky, 
Missouri.  Maryland  and  Delaware. 

Sec.  2.  That  the  President  be  authorized  to  grant  com- 
missions as  Captains  to  such  persons  as  he  may  think  fit  to 
raise  and  command  companies  to  be  composed  of  such  vol- 
unteers ;  upon  the  condition,  however,  that  such  officers 
shall  not  hold  rank  or  receive  pay  until  such  companies  have 
o  raised  and  are  mustered  into  service. 

Sec  C).  Whenever  such  recruits  shall  amount  to  a  sufficient 
number  to  he  formed  into  companies,  the  President  may 
direct  the  same  to  be  so  organized,  appointing  all  commis- 
sioned officers  of  the  several  companies  in  addition  to  the 
captains  provided  for  in  the  preceding  section.  And  such 
companies  nury  be  organized  into  regiments  in  like  manner 
under  the  direction  of  the  President. 

Sec  4.  Until  such  recruits  shall  amount  to  a  sufficient 
number  to  be  organized  into  companies,  they  shall  receive 
no  compensation  except  their  clothing  and  rations. 

Approved  August  30,  1861. 


No.  25S.]  AN  ACT 

To  Audit  the  accounts  of  the  respective  S  ;ainstthe 

( Sonfederacy. 

Section  1.  The  Con  '  '■■■  Confedt  rate  Stt  '■  i  rica 

.    That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  such  Auditor  or  Audi- 

of  tin-  Treasury  Department,  as  may  be  d  I  by 

the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  and  to  that  end  the  said  Sec- 

,  be  authorised  to  appoint  aa  many  extra  clerks  for  the 

time,  as  he  may  derm   necessary,  at  the  rate    of  .-alary  now 


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allowed  for  clerks  of  the  Treasury  Department,  to  audit  the 
accounts  and  claims  of  the  respective  States  of  the  Confed- 
eracy against  the  Confederate  Government  for  the  advances 
and  expenditures  made  by  the  said  States  respectively  for 
the  use  and  benefit  of  the  Confederacy  in  preparation  for  or 
in  conducting  the  war  now  existing  against  the  United  States, 
and  allclaims  for  advances  or  expenditures  of  any  kind 
made  by  any  State  prior  to  the  passage  of  its  Ordinance  of 
Secession,  shall  be  shown  to  have  been  made  in  contempla- 
tion of  the  Act  of  Secession  afterwards  consummated,  and  of 
the  war  that  might  probably  ensue,  or  in  the  seizure  or  ac- 
quisition of  forts,  arsenals,  navy  yards,  armaments,  muni- 
tions and  other  useful  instrumentalities  of  war,  or  in  the 
purchase  or  manufacture  of  arms  or  munitions  which  have 
since  been  transferred  to  the  Confederacy,  or  in  some  regular 
mode  been  brought  into  its  service  for  the  prosecution  of  the 
war  aforesaid,  before  such  claims  shall  be  audited  and  the 
amount  ascertained. 

Sec.  2.  And  in  auditing  the  claims  of  the  States  of  Vir- 
ginia, North  Carolina  and  Tennessee,  reference  shall  be  had 
to  the  special  compacts  and  engagements  had  with  those 
States  respectively  by  the  Confederate  Government  in  view 
of  their  proposed  adhesion  to  the  Provisional  Constitution, 
or  of  the  support  of  their  armaments  and  the  prosecution  of 
the  war  afterwards,  and  all  claims  coming  fairly  within  the 
purview  of  such  compacts,  being  properly  verified  by  vouch- 
ers, shall,  in  favor  of  said  States,  be  audited  and  ascer- 
tained. 

Sec.  3.  That  proof  shall  be  made  in  all  cases  by  proper 
vouchers  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Auditor  that  the  amount 
claimed  was  actually  advanced  or  expended,  that  the  expen- 
diture was  proper,  and  no  greater  amount  for  pay  and 
services  shall  be  audited  than  is  allowed  by  the  regulations 
of  the  Confederate  Government  for  pay  and  services  in  the 
like  cases,  and  the  Auditor  shall  make  a  special  report  of  his 
action  under  this  law  to  the  Congress  at  its  next  session. 

Sec.  4.  The  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  shall  cause  notice 
to  be  forwarded  to  the  executive  of  each  of  the  States  of  this 
Confederacy,  immediately  after  the  passage  of  this  Act,  call- 
ing on  such  executive  to  forward  the  claims  which  may  be 
held  by  his  State,  subject  to  be  audited  under  the  provisions 
of  this  Act. 

Approved  August  30,  1861. 


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No.  259.]  AN  ACT 

To  establish  certain  Tost  Routes,  therein  named. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Ame- 
rica do  enact,  That  there  lie  established  the  following  post 
routes,  viz  :  From  Loving  Creek  Post  Office  to  Wade's  Post 
Office,  in  Bedford  County,  Virginia.  Also,  from  Charleston, 
in  the  County  of  Tallehatchie,  to  Friar's  Point,  in  the  I  lounty 
of  Coahoma,  Mississippi.  Also  from  Cullodento  Barnesville, 
in  the  State  of  Georgia.  Also,  that  a  route  he  established 
from  Calhoun,  on  the  Alabama  and  Florida  Railroad,  in  the 
County  of  Lowndes,  in  the  State  of  Alabama,  to  Benton, 
in  said  County,  through  Mount  Willing  and  Gordons ville. 
Also,  a  Post  Route  from  Clarksville,  in  Mecklenburg  County, 
Virginia,  to  Brownsville,  in  the  State  of  North  Carolina. 
From  Mullens  to  Lime  Kiln,  via  Campbell  Home,  in  Ala- 
bama. Also,  from  Morganton,  in  Burke  County.  North 
Carolina,  to  Johnson's  Depot,  Tennessee.  Also,  a  Post 
Route  from  Louisville,  in  the  County  of  Winston,  to  Yai- 
den,  in  the  County  of  Carroll,  in  the  State  of  Mississippi. 
Also,  from  Wilmington,  North  Carolina,  to  Wadesboro',  via 
Wilmington,  Charlotte  and  Rutherford  Railroad.  Also, 
from  Jefferson,  Ashe  County.  North  Carolina,  to  Marion, 
Smyth  County.  Virginia.  Also,  from  Clarksville  to  Spadra 
Bluff,  in  Johnson  County,  Arkansas. 

Approved  Aug.  30,  1861. 


No.  260.]  AN  ACT 

Authorising  the  President  to  inflict  Retaliation  upon  the 
Persons  of  Prisoners. 

Whereas,  The  Government  of  the  United  States  has 
placed  in  irons  and  lodged  in  dungeons,  citizens  of  the  Con- 
federate States  acting  under  the  authority  of  Letters  of 
Marque,  issued  in  accordance  with  the  laws  of  the  Confed- 
erate States,  by  the  President  thereof,  and  have  otherwise 

maltreated  the  same,  and    have    seized    and    confined    sundry 

other  citizens  of  the  said  Confederate  States,  in  violation  of 
all  principles  of  humane  and  civilized  warfare:   Therefore — 
l!<  it  enacted  !>i///<<  Congress  of  the  Confederate  Slat  i  if  Ame- 
rica, Thai  the  President  l>e.  and  he  18  hereby,  authorized 

leet  sueh  prisoners  taken  from  the  United  States,  and  in 
Buch  numbers  as  he  may  deem    expedient,   upon  the  persons 


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of  whom  lie  may  inflict  such  retaliation,  in  such  measure 
and  kind,  as  may  seem  to  him  just  and  proper. 

Approved,  Aug.  30,  1861. 


No.  261.]  AN  ACT 

To  provide  for  the  Defence  of  the  Mississippi  River. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Ame- 
.rica  do  enact,  That  the  President  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  au- 
thorized to  cause  such  floating  defences,  as  he  may  deem  best 
adapted  to  the  protection  of  the  Mississippi  River,  against 
a  descent  of  iron  plated  steam  gun-boats,  to  be  constructed 
or  prepared  with  the  least  possible  delay. 

Approved  Aug.  30,  1861. 


No.  262.]  AN  ACT 

To  amend  an  Act  entitled  "  An  Act  to  establish  a  Patent 
Office,  and  to  provide  for  the  granting  and  issue  of  pat- 
ents for  new  and  useful  discoveries,  inventions,  improve- 
ments and  designs,"  approved  May  21,  1861. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Amer- 
ica do  enact,  That  the  Commissioner  of  Patents,  with  the 
approval  of  the  Attorney  General,  shall  have  power  to  ap- 
point, in  addition  to  the  examiners  of  patents,  provided  by  the 
second  section  of  the  above  recited  Act,  such  assistant  ex- 
aminers at  a  salary  of  fifteen  hundred  dollars  per  annum, 
as  may  be  required  to  transact  the  current  business  of  the 
Patent  Office  with  dispatch. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  Commissioner, 
with  like  approval,  may  appoint  a  messenger  for  said  office, 
at  a  salary  of  three  hundred  and   sixty  dollars  per  annum. 

Sec.  3.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  Commissioner 
be,  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  to  require  applicants  for 
patents,  and  all  other  persons  with  whom  he  is  obliged 
to  correspond  or  to  whom  drawings  and  other  papers  have 
to  be  returned  for  alteration  or  correction,  to  deposit  a  suf- 
ficient sum  of  money  to  pay  the  postage :  Provided,  That  in 
no  single  case  shall  the  deposit  so  required  exceed  two 
dollars. 

Approved  August  30,  1861. 


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No.  264.]  AN  ACT 

To  provide  a  mode  of  authenticating  claims  for  money 
against  the  Confederate  States,  not  otherwise  provided 
for. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Amer- 
ica do  enact.  That  all  parties  having  claims  for  money  against 
the  Government  of  the  Confederate  States,  for  the  proof 
and  payment  of  which  there  is  no  mode  provided  by  exist- 
ing laws,  before  receiving  payment  of  the  same,  shall  file 
them  in  the  office  of  the  Attorney  General ;  and  shall  pro- 
duce, before  said  officer,  at  such  time,  and  in  such  manner  as 
he  shall  appoint,  their  testimony  proving  or  tending  to  prove 
such  claims.  And.  at  the  next  succeeding  session  of  Con- 
gress after  the  hearing  of  proof,  or  at  any  session  of  Con- 
gress during  which  a  hearing  of  proof  upon  any  claim  is 
had  by  the  Attorney  General,  he  shall  report  to  the  Con- 
gress such  claims  as  he  has  allowed  and  recommend  their 
payment,  and  he  shall  also  report  such  claims,  as  lie  has 
refused  to  allow. 

Sec.  2.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  all  citizens  of  the  Con- 
federate States  holding  demands  against  the  government  of 
the  Unite;!  States,  may  iile  the  same  in  the  office  of  the  At- 
torney General;  and  the  Attorney  Genera]  shall  hear  proof 
of  such  claims,  and  cause  such  proof  to  be  taken  down  in 
writing  and  filed  in  his  office;  or  lie  may.  in  his  discretion, 
permit  written  testimony,  taken  by  deposition,  or  in  answer 
to  interrogatories  filed,  to  he  placed  on  file  in  his  office,  as 
evidence  of  such  claims.  But  he  shall  not  pass  upon  the 
Sufficiency  of  such  evidence,  nor  make  a  report  to  Congress 
upon  such  claims,  until  the  close  of  the  existing  Avar. 

An 'i .-:•,  ed  August  30,  1861. 


No.  266.]  AX   ACT 

To   collect,  for   distribution,  the   moneys   remaining   in    th" 

several  I'ost  offices  of  the  Confederate  Si  the  time 

the  postal   service  was  taken   in  charge   hy  said   Govern- 


ment. 


Section  1.   Tfu  I  t  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Ame- 

rica do  enact,  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Postmaster 
General  to  collect  all  moneys  due  from  the  several  Tost- 


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masters  within  the  Confederate  States,  and  which  they  had 
not  paid  over  at  the  time  the  Confederate  States  took  the 
charge  of  the  postal  service,  and  the  several  Postmasters 
are  hereby  required  to  account  to  the  General  Post  Office  of 
this  Government  under  the  same  rules,  regulations  and  pe- 
nalties that  Avere  prescribed  by  the  law  under  which  said 
moneys  were  received. 

Sec.  2.  The  moneys  so  received  shall  be  kept  separate 
and  distinct  from  the  other  funds  of  the  Post  Office  Depart- 
ment, and  shall  constitute  a  fund  for  the  pro  rata  payment 
of  claims  for  postal  service  which  accrued  before  the  Post- 
master General  took  charge  of  the  postal  service  in  the 
States  respectively  comprising  this  Confederacy,  as  may 
hereafter  be  provided. 

Sec.  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Postmaster  General 
to  make  proclamation  that  all  persons  who  are  citizens  of 
the  Confederate  States  of  America,  and  who  may  have  ren- 
dered postal  service  in  any  of  the  States  of  this  Confedera- 
cy, under  contracts  or  appointments  made  by  the  United 
States  Government  before  the  Confederate  States  Govern- 
ment took  charge  of  such  service,  shall  present  their  claims 
to  his  department,  verified  and  established  according  to  such 
rules  as  he  shall  prescribe,  by  a  time  therein  to  be  set  forth 
not  less  than  six  months,  and  requiring  the  claimant  to  state 
under  oath,  how  much  has  been  and  the  date  of  such  pay- 
ments, on  account  of  the  contract  or  appointment  under 
which  said  claim  occurred,  and  what  fund  or  provision  has 
been  set  apart  or  made  for  the  further  payment  of  the  whole 
or  any  portion  of  the  balance  of  such  claim,  by  the  Govern- 
ment of  the  United  States,  or  of  any  of  the  States ;  and 
they  shall  also  state,  on  oath,  whether  they  performed  fully 
the  service  according  to  their  contracts  or  appointments  du- 
ring the  time  for  which  they  claim  pay,  and  if  not,  what 
partial  service  they  did  perform,  and  what  deductions  have 
been  made  from  their  pay,  so  far  as  they  know,  on  account 
of  any  failure,  or  partial  failure,  to  perform  such  service ; 
and  the  Postmaster  General  shall,  as  soon  as  he  shall  have 
collected  such  moneys  from  said  Postmasters,  and  ascertained 
the  amount  of  claims  against  the  Post  Office  Department  and 
the  amount  received  respectively  by  the  claimants  as  afore- 
said, and  the  provisions,  if  any,  for  future  payment,  make 
a  report  of  the  same,  so  that  future  action  may  be  taken 
thereon  as  respects  the  distribution. 

Sec  4.  All  claims  for  postal  service  required  to  be  pre- 


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sented  by  this  bill  shall  bo  barred  as  against  this  fund,  un- 
less presented  within  six  months  after  the  proclamation  of 
the  Postmaster  General  shall  have  been  made. 

Approved  Aug.  30,  1S61. 


No.  268.]  AN  ACT 

To  require  the  receipt  by  the  Postmasters  of  the  Confede- 
rate States  of  Treasury  Notes,  in  sums  of  five  dollars  and 
upwards,  in  payment  of  postage  stamps  or  stamped  en- 
velopes. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Ame- 
rica do  enact,  That,  so  soon  as  the  Postmaster  General  shall 
procure  postage  stamps  and  stamped  envelopes,  that  the 
Postmasters  throughout  the  Confederate  States  be  required 
to  receive  the  Treasury  Notes  of  the  Confederate  States  at 
par,  for  said  stamps  and  stamped  envelopes,  in  all  cases  where 
the  amount  of  stamps  or  stamped  envelopes  applied  for  shall 
be  five  dollars  or  other  sums  for  which  the  Confederate  Trea- 
sury Notes  are  issued. 

Sec.  2.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  endorsement  by  a 
member  of  Congress  of  his  name  on  newspapers  or  other 
printed  matter  sent  by  him  through  the  mail,  shall  not  by 
reason  of  such  endorsement  subject  him  to  letter  or  other 
increase  of  postage. 

Approved  Aug.  30,  1861. 


No.  269.]  AN  ACT 

For  the  Sequestration  of  the  Estates,  Properly  and  Effects 
of  alien  Enemies,  and  for  the  indemnity  of  citizens  of  the 
Confederate  States,  and  persons  aiding  the  same  in  the 
existing  war  with  the  United  States. 

Whereas,  The  Government  and  people  of  the  United 
States  have  departed  from  the  usages  of  civilized  warfare  in 
confiscating  and  destroying  the  property  of  the  people  of  the 
Confederate  States  of  all  kinds,  whether  used  for  military 
purposes  or  not;  and  whereas,  our  only  protection  against 
BHCD  Wrongs  is  to  be  found  in  sueli  measures  of  retaliation 
as  will  ultimately  indemnify  <>ur  OWD  citizens  for  their  lo- 
an d  restrain  t lie  wanton  excesses  of  our  enemies  :  Therefore — 
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Section  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate 
States  of  America,  That  all  and  every  the  lands,  tenements 
and  hereditaments,  goods  and  chattels,  rights  and  credits 
within  these  Confederate  States,  and  every  right  and  inter- 
est therein  held,  owned,  possessed  or  enjoyed  by  or  for  any 
alien  enemy  since  the  twenty-first  day  of  May,  one  thou- 
sand eight  hundred  and  sixty-one,  except  such  debts  due  to 
an  alien  enemy  as  may  have  been  paid  into  the  Treasury  of 
any  one  of  the  Confederate  States  prior  to  the  passage  of  this 
law,  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby,  sequestrated  by  the  Confede- 
rate States  of  America,  and  shall  be  held  for  the  full  indem- 
nity of  any  true  and  loyal  citizen  or  resident  of  these  Confed- 
erate States,  or  other  person  aiding  said  Confederate  States 
in  the  prosecution  of  the  present  war  between  said  Confed- 
erate States  and  the  United  States  of  America,  and  for 
which  he  may  suffer  any  loss  or  injury  under  the  act  of  the 
United  States  to  which  this  Act  is  retaliatory,  or  under  any 
other  act  of  the  United  States,  or  of  any  State  thereoi 
authorizing  the  seizure,  condemnation,  or  confiscation  of 
the  property  of  citizens  or  residents  of  the  Confederate 
States,  or  other  person  aiding  said  Confederate  States,  and 
the  same  shall  be  seized  and  disposed  of  as  provided  for  in 
this  Act :  Provided,  however,  When  the  estate,  property  or 
rights  to  be  effected  by  this  Act  were,  or  are,  within  some 
State  of  this  Confederacy,  which  has  become  such  since  said 
twenty-first  day  of  May,  then  this  Act  shall  operate  upon, 
and  as  to  such  estate,  property  or  rights,  and  all  persons 
claiming  the  same  from  and  after  the  day  such  State  so  be- 
came a  member  of  this  Confederacy,  and  not  before  :  Pro- 
vided, further,  That  the  provisions  of  the  Act  shall  not  ex- 
tend to  the  stocks  or  other  public  securities  of  the  Confederate 
Government,  or  of  any  of  the  States  of  this  Confederacy 
held  or  owned  by  any  alien  enemy,  or  to  any  debt,  obliga- 
tion, or  sum  due  from  the  Confederate  Government,  or  any 
of  the  States,  to  such  alien  enemy :  And  provided,  also, 
That  the  provisions  of  this  Act  shall  not  embrace  the  pro- 
perty of  citizens  or  residents  of  either  of  the  States  of 
Delaware,  Maryland,  Kentucky  or  Missouri,  or  of  the  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia,  or  the  territories  of  New  Mexico,  Arizona, 
or  the  Indian  Territory  South  of  Kansas,  except  such  of 
said  citizens  or  residents  as  shall  commit  actual  hostilities 
against  the  Confederate  States,  or  aid  and  abet  the  United 
States  in  the  existing  war  against  the  Confederate  States. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  it  is,  and  shall  be, 


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the  fluty  of  each  and  every  citizen  of  these  Confederate 
States  speedily  to  give  information  to  the  officers  charged 
with  the  execution  of    this  law  of  any  and  every    lands, 

tenements  and  hereditaments,  goods  and  chattels,  righto 
and  credits  within  this  Confederacy,  and  of  every  right  and 
interest  therein  held,  owned,  possessed  or  enjoyed  by  or 
for  any  alien  enemy  as  aforesaid. 

Sec.  .'3.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 
every  attorney,  agent,  former  partner,  trustee  or  other  per- 
son holding  or  controlling  any  such  lands,  tenements  or 
hereditament-,  goods  or  chattels,  rights  or  credits,  or  any 
interest  therein,  of  or  for  any  such  alien  enemy,  speedily 
to  inform  the  Receiver  hereinafter  provided  to  be  appointed, 
of  the  same,  and  to  render  an  account  thereof,  and.  so  far 
as  is  practicable,  to  place  the  same  in  the  hands  of  such 
Receiver;  whereupon,  such  person  shall  be  fully  acquitted 
of  all  responsibility  for  property  and  effects  so  reported  and 
turned  over.  And  any  such  person  wilfully  failing  to  give 
such  information  and  render  such  account  shall  be  guilty 
of  a  high  misdemeanor,  and  upon  indictment  and  convic- 
tion, shall  be  fined  in  a  sum  not  exceeding  live  thousand 
dollars  and  imprisoned  not  longer  than  six  months,  said 
fine  and  imprisonment  to  be  determined  by  the  court 
trying  the  ease,  and  shall  further  be  liable  to  be  sued  by 
said  Confederate  States,  and  subjected  to  pay  double  the 
value  of  the  estate,  property  or  effects  of  the  alien  enemy 
held  by  him  or  subject  to  his  control. 

Sec.  1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  several  Judges  of  this 
Confederacy  to  give  this  Act  specially  in  charge  to  the  Grand 
Juries  of  these  Confederate  States,  and  it  shall  be  their  duty 
at  each  sitting  well  and  truly  to  enquire  and  report  all  lands, 
tenements  and  hereditaments,  goods  and  chattels,  rights 
and  credits,  and  every  interest  therein,  within  the  jurisdic- 
tion of  said  Grand  Jury,  held  by  or  for  any  alien  enemy, 
and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  several  Receivers,  appointed 
under  this  Act,  to  take  a  copy  of  every  such  report,  and  to 
proceed  in  obtaining  the  possession  and  control  of  all  such 
property  and  effects  reported,  and  to  institute  proceedings 
for  the  sequestration  thereof  in  the  manner  hereinafter  pro- 
vided. 

Si  (  .  .').  II,  it  further  cnartid.  That  each  Judge,  of  this 
Confederacy  shall,  as  early  as  practicable,  appoint  a  Re- 
ceiver for  each  section  of  the  State  for  which  he  holds  a 
court,  and  shall  require  him,  before  entering  upon  the  duties 


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of  his  office,  to  give  a  bond  in  such  penalty  as  may  be  pre- 
scribed by  the  Judge,  with  good  and  sufficient  security,  to 
be  approved  by  the  Judge,  conditioned  that  he  will  dili- 
gently and  faithfully  discharge  the  duties  imposed  upon  him 
by  law.  And  said  officer  shall  hold  his  office  at  the  pleasure 
of  the  Judge  of  the  district  or  section  for  which  he  is  ap- 
pointed, and  shall  be  removed  for  incompetency,  or  ineffi- 
ciency, or  infidelity  in  the  discharge  of  his  trust.  And 
should  the  duties  of  any  such  Receiver,  at  any  time,  appear 
to  the  Judge  to  be  greater  than  can  be  efficiently  performed 
by  him,  then  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Judge  to  divide  the 
district  or  section  into  one  or  more  other  receivers'  districts, 
according  to  the  necessities  of  the  case,  and  to  appoint  a 
Receiver  for  each  of  said  newly  created  districts.  And 
every  such  Receiver  shall  also,  before  entering  upon  the 
duties  of  his  office,  make  oath  in  writing  before  the  Judge 
of  the  district  or  section  for  which  he  is  appointed,  dili- 
gently, well  and  truly  to  execute  the  duties  of  his  office. 

Sec.  6.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  (i 
the  several  Receivers  aforesaid  to  take  the  possession,  con 
trol  and  management  of  all  lands,  tenements  and  heredita- 
ments, goods  and  chattels,  rights  and  credits  of  each  and 
every  alien  enemy  within  the  section  for  which  he  acts. 
And  to  this  end  he  is  empowered  and  required,  whenever 
necessary  for  accomplishing  the  purposes  of  this  Act,  to  sue 
for  and  recover  the  same  in  the  name  of  said  Confederate 
States,  allowing,  in  the  recovery  of  credits,  such  delays  as 
may  have  been,  or  may  be,  prescribed  in  any  State  as  to  the 
collection  of  debts  therein  during  the  war.  And  the  form 
a,nd  mode  of  action,  whether  the  matter  be  of  jurisdiction  in 
law  or  equity,  shall  be  by  petition  to  the  court  setting  forth, 
as  best  he  can,  the  estate,  property,  right  or  thing  sought 
to  be  recovered,  with  the  name  of  the  person  holding,  exer- 
cising supervision  over,  in  possession  of  or  controlling  the 
same,  as  the  case  may  be,  and  praying  a  sequestration 
thereof.  Notice  shall  thereupon  be  forthwith  issued  by  the 
clerk  of  the  court,  or  by  the  Receiver,  to  such  person,  with 
a  copy  of  the  petition,  and  the  same  shall  be  served  by  the 
Marshall  or  his  deputy  and  returned  to  the  court  as  other 
mesne  process  in  law  cases ;  whereupon,  the  cause  shall  be 
docketed  and  stand  for  trial  in  the  court  according  to  the 
usual  course  of  its  business,  and  the  court  or  Judge  shall, 
at  any  time,  make  all  orders  of  seizure  that  may  seem  neces- 
sary to  secure  the  subject  matter  of  the  suit  from  danger  of 


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loss,  injury,  destruction  or  Waste,  and  may,  pending  the 
cause,  make  orders  of  sale  in  cases  that  may  seem  to  such 
Judge  or  court  necessary  to  preserve  any  property  sued  for 
from  perishing  or  waste  :  Provided,  That  in  any  ease  when 
the  Confederate  Judge  shall  find  it  to  be  consistent  with  the 
safe-keeping  of  the  property  so  sequestered,  to  leave  the 
same  in  the  hands  and  under  the  control  of  any  debtor  or 
person  in  whose  hands  the  real  estate  and  slaves  were  seized, 
who  may  be  in  possession  of  the  said  property  or  credits,  he 
shall  order  the  same  to  remain  in  the  hands  and  under  the 
control  bf  said  debtor  or  person  in  whose  hands  the  real  es- 
tate and  slaves  were  seized,  requiring  in  every  snch  ease 
such  security  for  the  safe-keeping  of  the  property  and  cre- 
dits as  he  may  deem  sufficient  for  the  purpose  aforesaid,  and 
to  abide  by  such  further  orders  as  the  court  may  make  in 
the  premises.  But  this  proviso  shall  not  apply  to  bank  or 
other  corporation  stock,  or  dividends  due  or  which  may  be 
due  thereon,  or  to  rents  on  real  estate  in  cities.  And  no 
debtor  or  other  person  shall  be  entitled  to  the  benefit  of  this 
proviso  unless  he  has  first  paid  into  the  hands  of  the  Re- 
ceiver all  interests  or  net  profits  which  may  have  accrued 
since  the  twenty-first  May.  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-one; 
and.  in  all  cases  coming  under  this  proviso,  such  debtor 
shall  be  bound  to  pay  over  annually  to  the  Receiver  all  in- 
terest winch  may  accrue  as  the  same  falls  due  ;  and  the  per- 
son in  whose  hands  any  other  property  may  be  left  shall  be 
bound  to  account  for,  and  pay  over  annually  to  the  Receiver, 
the  net  income  or  profits  of  said  property,  and  on  failure  of 
suoh  debtor  or  other  person  to  pay  over  such  interest,  net 
income  or  profits,  as  the  same  falls  due,  the  Receiver  may 
demand  and  recover  the  debt  or  property.  And,  wherever, 
after  ten  days'  notice  to  any  debtor  or  person  in  whose  bands 
property  or  debts  may  be  left,  of  an  application  for  further 
security,  it  shall  be  made  to  appear  to  the  satisfaction  of  the 
court  that  the  securities  of  such  debtor  or  person  are  not 
ample,  the  court  may,  on  the  failure  of  the  party  to  give 
sufficient  additional  security,  render  judgment  againsl  all 
the  parties  on  the  bond  for  the  recovery  of  the  debt  or  pro- 
perty: Provided,  further,  That  said  court  may.  whenever  in 
the  opinion  of  the  Judge  thereof  the  public  exigencies  may 

require  it,  order  the  money  due  as  aforesaid  to  be  demanded 

by  the  Receiver,  and  if  upon  demand  (d'  the  Receiver,  made 

in  conformity  to  a  decretal  order  of  the  court  requiring  -aid 
Receiver  to  collect  any  debts  for  the   payment  of  which.  se« 


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curity  may  have  been  given  under  the  provisions  of  this  Act, 
the  debtor  or  his  security  shall  fail  to  pay  the  same,  then 
upon  ten  days'  notice  to  said  debtor  and  his  security,  given 
by  said  Receiver,  of  a  motion  to  be  made  in  said  court  for 
judgment  for  the  amount  so  secured,  said  court,  at  the  next 
term  thereof,  may  proceed  to  render  judgment  against  said 
principal  and  security,  or  against  the  party  served  with  such 
notice,  for  the  sum  so  secured  with  interest  thereon,  in  the 
name  of  said  Receiver,  and  to  issue  execution  therefor. 

Sec.  7.  Any  person  in  the  possession  and  control  of  the 
subject  matter  of  any  such  suit,  or  claiming  any  interest 
therein,  may,  by  order  of  the  court,  be  admitted  as  a  defen- 
dant and  be  allowed  to  defend  to  the  extent  of  the  interest 
propounded  by  him  ;  but  no  person  shall  be  heard  in  defence 
until  he  shall  file  a  plea,  verified  by  affidavit  and  signed  by 
Mm,  setting  forth  that  no  alien  enemy  has  any  interest  in 
the  right  which  he  asserts,  or  for  which  he  litigates,  either 
fdirectly  or  indirectly,  by  trust,  open  or  secret,  and  that  he 
litigates  solely  for  himself,  or  for  some  citizen  of  the  Confe- 
derate States  whom  he  legally  represents ;  and  when  the 
defence  is  conducted  for  or  on  account  of  another,  in  whole 
or  part,  the  plea  shall  set  forth  the  name  and  residence  of 
such  other  person,  and  the  relation  that  the  defendant  bears 
to  him  in  the  litigation.  If  the  cause  involves  matter  which 
should  be  tried  by  a  jury  according  to  the  course  of  the 
common  law,  the  defendant  shall  be  entitled  to  a  jury  trial. 
If  it  involves  matters  of  equity  jurisdiction,  the  court  shall 
proceed  according  to  its  usual  mode  of  procedure  in  such 
cases,  and  the  several  eourts  of  this  Confederacy  may,  from 
time  to  time,  establish  rules  of  procedure  under  this  act,  not 
inconsistent  with  the  act  or  other  laws  of  these  Confederate 
States. 

Sec.  8.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  clerk  of  the  court 
shall,  at  the  request  of  the  receiver,  from  time  to  time,  issue 
writs  of  garnishment,  directed  to  one  or  more  persons,  com- 
manding them  to  appear  at  the  then  sitting,  or  at  any  fu- 
ture term  of  the  court,  and  t^  answer  under  oath  what  pro- 
perty or  effects  of  any  alien  enemy  he  had  at  the  service  of 
the  process,  or  sinee  has  had  under  his  possession  or  control 
belonging  to  or  held  for  an  alien  enemy,  or  in  what  sum,  if 
any,  he  is  or  was  at  the  time  of  service  of  the  garnishment, 
or  since  ha»s  been  indebted  to  any  alien  enemy,  and  the  court 
shall  have  power  to  condemn  the  property  or  effects,  or  debts, 
according  to  the  answer,  and  to  make  such  rules  and  orders 


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for  the  bringing  in  of  third  persons  claiming  or  disclosed  by 
the  answer  to  have  an  interest  in  the  litigation  as  to  it  shall 
seem  proper ;  but  in  no  case  shall  any  one  be  heard  in  respect 
thereto  until  he  shall,  by  sworn  plea,  set  forth  substantially 
the  matters  before  required  of  parties  pleading.  And  the 
decree  or  judgment  of  the  court,  rendered  in  conformity  to 
this  act.  shall  forever  protect  the  garnishee  in  respect  to  the 
matter  involved.  And  in  all  cases  of  garnishment  under 
this  act,  the  Receiver  may  test  the  truth  of  the  garnishee's 
answer  by  filing  a  statement,  under  oath,  that  he  believes 
the  answer  to  be  untrue,  specifying  the  particulars  in  which 
he  believes  the  garnishee  has.  by  omission  or  commission. 
not  answered  truly;  whereupon  the  court  shall  cause  an 
issue  to  be  made  between  the  Receiver  and  garnishee,  and 
judgment  rendered  as  upon  the  trial  of  other  issues.  And 
in  all  cases  of  litigation  under  this  act  the  Receiver  may 
propound  interrogatories  to  the  adverse  party  touching  any 
matter  involved  in  the  litigation,  a  copy  of  which  shall  be 
served  on  the  opposite  party  or  his  attorney,  and  which  shall 
be  answered  under  oath  within  thirty  days  of  such  service, 
and  upon  failure  so  to  answer,  the  court  shall  make  such 
disposition  cf  the  cause  as  shall  to  it  seem  most  promotive 
of  justice,  or  should  it  deem  answers  to  the  interrogatories 
necessary  in  order  to  secure  a  discovery,  the  court  shall  im- 
prison the  party  in  default  until  full  answers  shall  be  made. 

Sf.c.  0.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  District  Attorney  of 
the  Confederate  States,  diligently  to  prosecute  all  causes 
instituted  under  this  act.  and  he  shall  receive  as  a.  compen- 
sation therefor  two  per  cent,  upon  and  from  tin1  fruits  of  all 
litigation  instituted  under  this  act  :  Provided,  That  no  mat- 
ter shall  be  called  litigated  except  a  defendant  be  admitted 
by  the  court,  and  a  proper  plea  be  hied. 

Sec.  Kb  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  each  Receiver  ap- 
pointed under  this  act  shall,  at  least  every  six  months,  and 
as  much  oftener  as  he  may  be  required,  by  the  court,  render 
a  true  and  perfect  account  of  all  matters  in  his  hands  or 
under  his  control  under  the  law.  and  shall  make  and  state  just 
and  perfect  accounts  and  settlements  under  oath  of  his  col- 
lections of  monies  and  disbursements  under  this  law.  stat- 
ing accounts  and  making  settlements  of  all  matters  sepa- 
rately, in  the  same  way  as  if  he  were  administrator  of  seve- 
ral estates  of  deceased  persons  by  separate  appointments. 
And  the  settlements  and  decrees  .-hall  be  for  each  case  or 

estate  separately,  so  that  the  transaction  in  respect  to  each 


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alien  enemy's  property  may  be  kept  recorded  and  preserved 
separately.  No  settlement  as  above  provided  shall,  how- 
ever, be  made  until  judgment  or  decree  of  sequestration 
shall  have  passed,  but  the  court  may  at  any  time  pending 
litigation,  require  an  account  of  matters  in  litigation  and  in 
the  possession  of  the  Receiver,  and  may  make  such  orders 
touching  the  same  as  shall  protect  the  interest  of  the  par- 
ties concerned. 

Sec.  11.  When  the  accounts  of  any  receiver  shall  be 
filed  respecting  any  matter  which  has  passed  sequestration, 
the  Court  shall  appoint  a  day  for  settlement  and  notice 
thereof  shall  be  published  consecutively  for  four  weeks  in 
some  newspaper  near  the  place  of  holding  the  Court,  and 
the  clerk  of  the  Court  shall  send  a  copy  of  such  newspaper 
to  the  District  Attorney  of  the  Confederate  States,  for  the 
Court,  where  the  matter  is  to  be  heard,  and  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  said  District  Attorney  to  attend  the  settlement  and 
represent  the  Government  and  to  see  that  a  full,  true  and 
just  settlement  is  made.  The  several  settlements  preceding 
the  final  one  shall  be  interlocutory  only,  and  may  be  im- 
peached at  the  final  settlements,  which  latter  shall  be  con- 
clusive, unless  reversed  or  impeached  within  two  years,  for 
fraud. 

Sec.  12.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  Court  having 
jurisdiction  of  the  matter  shall,  whenever  sufficient  cause  is 
shown  therefor,  direct  the  sale  of  any  personal  property, 
other  than  slaves,  sequestered  under  this  act,  on  such  terms 
as  to  it  shall  seem  best,  and  such  sale  shall  pass  the  title 
of  the  person  as  whose  property  the  same  has  been  seques- 
tered. 

Sec  13.  All  settlements  of  accounts  of  receivers  for  se- 
questered property  shall  be  recorded  and  a  copy  thereof 
shall  be  forwarded  by  the  clerk  of  the  Court  to  the  Trea- 
surer of  the  Confederate  States  within  ten  days  after  the 
decree,  interlocutory  or  final,  has  been  passed ;  and  all 
balances  found  against  the  Receiver  shall  by  him  be  paid 
over  into  the  Court,  subject  to  the  order  of  the  Treasurer  of 
the  Confederate  States,  and  upon  the  failure  of  the  Re- 
ceiver for  five  days  to  pay  over  the  same,  execution  shall 
issue  therefor,  and  he  shall  be  liable  to  attachment  by  the 
Court  and  to  suit  upon  his  bond.  And  any  one  embezzling 
any  money  under  this  Act  shall  be  liable  to  indictment, 
and  on  conviction  shall  be  confined  at  hard  labor  for 
not  less  than  six  months  nor  more  than  five  years,  in  the 


discretion  of  the  Court,  and  fined  in  double  the  amount  em- 
bezzled. 

Sec.  14.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  President  of  the 
Confederate  States,  shall,  by  and  with  the  advice  and  con- 
sent of  Congress,  or  of  the  Senate,  if  the  appointment  be 
made  under  the  permanent  Government,  appoint  three  dis- 
creet Commissioners,  learned  in  the  law,  who  shall  bold  at 
the  seat  of  Government  two  terms  each  year,  upon  notice 
given,  who  shall  sit  so  long  as  the  business  before  them 
shall  require;  whose  duty  it  shall  be,  under  such  rules  as 
they  may  adopt,  to  hear  and  adjudge  such  claims  as  may  be 
brought  before  them  by  any  one  aiding  this  Confederacy  in 
the  present  war  against  the  United  States,  who  shall  allege 
that  he  has  been  put  to  loss  under  the  act  of  the  United 
States,  in  retaliation  of  which  this  act  is  passed,  or  under 
any  other  act  of  the  United  States,  or  of  any  State  thereof, 
authorizing  the  seizure,  condemnation  or  confiscation  of  the 
property  of  any  citizen  or  resident  of  the  Confederate 
States,  or  other  person  aiding  said  Confederate  States  in  tho 
present  war  against  the  United  States,  and  the  finding  01  such 
Commissioners  in  favor  of  any  such  claim  shall  be  prima 
facie  evidence  of  the  correctness  of  the  demand,  and  when- 
ever Congress  shall  pass  the  claim,  the  same  shall  be  paid  from 
any  money  in  the  Treasury  derived  from  sequestration  un- 
der this  act:  Provided,  That  said  Board  of  Commissioners 
shall  not  continue  beyond  the  organization  of  the  Court  of 
Claims,  provided  for  by  the  Constitution;  to  which  Court  of 
Claims  the  duties  herein  provided  to  he  discharged  by  Com- 
missioners shall  belong  upon  the  organization  of  said  Court. 
The  salaries  of  said  Commissioners  shall  beat  the  rate  of 
two  thousand  five  hundred  dollars  per  annum,  and  shall  be 
paid  from  the  Treasury  of  the  Confederacy.  And  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  Attorney  General  or  his  assistant  to  re- 
present the  interests  of  this  Government  in  all  eases  arising 
under  this  act  before  said  Board  of  Commissioners. 

Sec*  15.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  all  expenses  incurred 
in  proceedings  under  this  Aet  shall  be  paid  from  the 
sequestered  fund,  and  the  Judges,  in  settling  accounts  with 
Receivers,  shall  make  to  them  proper  allowances  of  com- 
pensation, taking  two  and  a  half  per  cent,  on  receipts,  and 
the  same  amount  on  expenditure-,  as  reasonable  compensa- 
tion, in  all  eases.  The  t'rvs  of  the  officers  of  COUll  shall  be 
such  as  are  allowed  by  law  for  similar  Bervices  in  other 
-,  to  be  paid,  however,  only  from  the  sequestered  fund: 


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Provided,  That  all  sums  realized  by  any  Receiver  in  one 
year  for  his  services,  exceeding  five  thousand  dollars,  shall 
be  paid  into  the  Confederate  Treasury,  for  the  use  of  the 
Confederacy. 

Sec.  16.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  Attorney-Gene- 
ral shall  prescribe  such  uniform  rules  of  proceeding  under 
this  law,  not  herein  otherwise  provided  for,  as  shall  meet 
the  necessities  of  the  case. 

Sec  17.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  appeals  may  lie  from 
any  final  decision  of  the  court  under  this  law,  in  the  same 
manner  and  within  the  same  time  as  is  now,  or  hereafter 
may  be   by  law  prescribed  for  appeals  in  other  civil  cases. 

Sec  18.  Bz  it  further  enacted,  That  the  word  '"person" 
in  this  law  includes  all  private  corporations  ;  and  in  all 
cases,  when  corporations  become  parties,  and  this  law  re- 
quires an  oath  to  be  made,  it  shall  be  made  by  some  officer 
of  such  corporation. 

Sec  19.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  courts  are  vested 
with  jurisdiction,  and  required  by  this  Act,  to  settle  all 
partnerships  heretofore  existing  between  a  citizen  and  one 
who  is  an  alien  enemy;  to  separate  the  interest  of  the  alien 
enemy,  and  to  sequestrate  it.  And  shall,  also,  sever  all 
joint  rights  when  an  alien  enemy  is  concerned,  and  seques- 
trate the  interest  of  such  alien  enemy. 

Sec  20.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  in  all  cases  of  admin- 
istration of  any  matter  or  thing,  under  this  act,  the  court 
having  jurisdiction,  may  make  such  orders  touching  the 
preservation  of  the  property  or  effects  under  the  direction 
or  control  of  the  Receiver,  not  inconsistent  with  the  fore- 
going provisions,  as  to  it  shall  seem  proper.  And  the  Re- 
ceiver may,  at  any  time,  ask  and  have  the  instructions  of 
the  court,  or  Judge,  respecting  his  conduct  in  the  disposi- 
tion or  management  of  any  property,  or  effects  under  his 
control. 

Sec  21.  That  the  Treasury  Notes  of  this  Confederacy, 
shall  be  receivable  in  payment  of  all  purchases  of  property 
or  effects  sold  under  this  Act. 

Sec  22.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  nothing  in  this  Act 
shall  be  construed  to  destroy  or  impair  the  lien  or  other 
rights  of  any  creditor,  a  citizen  or  resident  of  either  of 
the  Confederate  States,  or  of  any  other  person,  a  citizen 
or  resident,  of  any  country,  State,  or  Territory,  with  which 
this  Confederacy  is  in  friendship,  and  which  person  is  not 
in  actual  hostility  to  this  Confederacy.     And  any  lien  or 


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debt  claimed  against  any  alien  enemy,  within  the  meaning 
of  this  Act,  shall  be  propounded  and  filed  in  the  court,  in 
which  the  proceedings  of  sequestration  are  had,  within 
twelve  months  from  the  institution  of  such  proceedings  for 

sequestration  ;  and  the  court  shall  cause  all  proper  parties 
to  be  made  and  notices  to  be  given,  and  shall  hear  and  de- 
termine the  respective  rights  of  all  parties  concerned  :  Pro- 
vided, however,  that  no  sales  or  payments  over  of  money 
shall  be  delayed  for.  or  by  reason  of,  such  rights  or  pro- 
ceedings ;  but  any  money  realised  by  the  Receiver,  whether 
paid  into  the  court,  or  Treasury,  or  still  in  the  Receiver's 
hands,  shall  stand  in  lieu  of  that  which  produced  said  money, 
and  be  held  to  answer  the  demands  of  the  creditors  afore- 
said, in  the  same  manner  as  that  which  produced  such  money 
was.  And  all  claims  not  propounded  and  filed  as  aforesaid, 
within  twelve  months  as  aforesaid,  shall  cease  to  to  exist 
against  the  estate,  property,  or  effects  sequestrated,  or  the 
proceeds  thereof. 

Approved  August  30,  1861. 


No.  270.]  AN  ACT 

To  perpetuate  testimony  in  cases  of  Slaves  abducted  or 
harbored  by  the  enemy,  and  of  other  property  seized, 
wasted  or  destroyed  by  them. 

Section    1.   Th&   Congress   of   the    Confederate   States   of 

America  do  mart.  That  when  any  slave  or  slaves  own-  1  by  a 
■citizen  of  the  Confederate  States,  or  an  inhabitant  thereof, 
shall  be,  or  may  have  been  abducted  or  harbored  by  the 
enemy,  or  by  any  person  or  persons  acting  under  the  au- 
thority, or  color  of  authority  of  the  United  States  Govern- 
ment, or  engaged  in  the  military  or  naval  service  thereof, 
during  the  existing  war.  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the    owner  or 

his  Attorney  to  appear  before  any  Judge  of  the  Confederate 
States,  or  a  Commissioner  of  any  Court  thereof,  or  any 
Notary  Public,  or  in  case  of  there  being  no  inch  officer 
within  the  county,  city  or  corporation,  where  the  proceed- 
ings  are   instituted,   before    any   Justice   of    the    Peace    or 


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alderman,  consenting  to  act  in  the  premises,  and  adduce 
proof,  oral  or  written,  of  the  fact  of  such  ownership  and 
abduction  or  harboring.  If  the  owner  of  such  slave  or 
slaves  is  laboring  under  the  legal  disability  ot  infancy,  in- 
sanity or  coverture,  the  evidence  tending  to  establish  such 
ownership,  and  abduction  or  harboring,  may  be  adduced  by 
the  proper  legal  representative  of  the  owner.  In  all  cases 
such  owner,  Attorney  or  representative  shall  make  affidavit 
of  the  loss.  Such  affidavit  shall  not  be  taken  as  evidence  of 
the  fact  of  loss,  unless  it  shall  appear  to  the  satisfaction  of 
the  officer  taking  the  same  that  no  other  and  better  evidence 
can  be  obtained,  which  fact  shall  distinctly  appear  in  the 
certificate  of  such  officer ;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
judicial  officer  taking  cognizance  of  the  case,  to  reduce  to 
writing  the  oral  evidence,  and  to  retain  the  written  evidence  in 
support  of  the  alleged  ownership  and  loss,  and  within  thirty 
days  after  the  hearing,  to  transmit  the  same  to  the  Secretary 
of  State  of  the  Confederate  States,  to  be  filed  and  preserved 
among  the  archives  of  the  State  Department,  accompanied 
by  a  certificate  from  the  said  judicial  officer,  authenticating 
the  report  so  made  by  him.  And  the  said  judicial  officer 
shall  also  state  in  his  certificate  of  authentication,  whether, 
in  his  opinion,  the  evidence  so  heard  and  transmitted,  is,  or 
is  not,  entitled  to  credit.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Secre- 
tary of  State  to  receive  and  file  in  his  Department,  the  re- 
port so  transmitted,  and  to  furnish  to  the  owners,  attorney 
or  representative  a  duly  certified  copy  thereof,  whenever  the 
same  shall  be  demanded. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  whenever  any  pro- 
perty, other  than  slaves,  real  or  personal,  belonging  to  any 
citizen  of  the  Confederate  States,  or  any  inhabitant  thereof, 
shall  be  seized,  wasted  or  destroyed  by  the  enemy,  during  the 
existing  war,  or  by  any  person  or  persons  acting  under  the 
authority  or  color  of  authority  of  the  United  States  Go- 
vernment, or  engaged  in  the  military  or  naval  service  there- 
of, the  mode  of  taking  and  preserving  proof  thereof,  shall 
conform  in  all  respects  to  that  prescribed  in  the  above  sec- 
tion, and  have  like  effect. 

Sec  3.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  provisions  of 
this  act  shall  not  be  construed  as  implying  that  the  Confed- 
erate States  are  in  any  way  liable  to  make  compensation  for 
any  of  the  property  to  which  it  refers. 

Approved  August  30,  1861. 


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No.  271.]  AN  ACT 

To  provide  for  the  Transmission  of  Money,  Bonds  or  Trea- 
sury Notes. 
The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact, 

That  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  is  authorized  to  make 
such  arrangements  for  the  transmission  of  the  funds  of  the 
Confederate  States  as  he  shall  deem  expedient  ;  and  for  that 
purpose  the  sum  of  twenty  thousand  dollars  is  hereby  ap- 
propriated. 

Approved  August  31),  1861. 


No.  272.]  AN  ACT 

To  amend  an  act  entitled  "  An  Act  recognizing  the  Exist- 
ence of  War  between  the  United  States  and  the  Confede- 
rate States,  and  concerning  Letters  of  Marque,  Prizes 
and  Prize  Goods,"  approved  May  sixth,  eighteen  hundred 
ami  sixty-one;  and  an  aet  entitled  "An  Aet  Regulating 
the  Sale  of  Prizes  and  the  Distribution  thereof,"  ap- 
proved May  sixteenth,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-one. 

Skction  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Con  fed  rate  States  of  Amer- 
ica <h  enact,  That  the  seventh  section  of  the  tirst  above  re- 
cited act  he  so  amended  as  to  permit  and  authorize  the 
breaking  of  hulk  and  the  removal  by  the  captors  of  the  whole 
or  any  part  of  the  goods  found  on  hoard  a  captured  vessel 
whenever  such  removal  may  he  necessary  for  the  safe  car- 
riage of  such  vessel  into  port,  and  also,  in    all  cases  where, 

by  grounding  or  otherwise,  the  securing  el*  the  cargo  or  any 
part  thereof  may  require  the  removal:  Provided,  That  the 
persOD  in  command  of  the  vessel  making  such  capture  shall, 
:i-  soon  as  practicable,  after  landing  the  cargo  or  any  part 
thereof,  cause  an  exact  inventory  of  the  same  to  be  made  by 
the  nearest  magistrate,  wherein  shall  he  specified  each  and 
every  article  so  landed,  and  the  marks,  if  any  thereon,  and 
forward  the  same  immediately  to  the  Collector  of  the  nearest 
port;  the  property  so  landed  shall  remain  in  the  custody  of 
such  magistrate,  and  he  shall  retain  possession  thereof  until 
the  same  can  he  delivered  to  the  marshal  ;  and  the  court 
before  which  BUch  cargo   shall    be    brought,  in  case  the  same 

be  condemned,  may  allow  such  compensation  t<>  the  magis- 
trate as  to  the  court  may  seem  just  and  proper:     And,  pro* 

Vided,  further,  That  when  such  removal  shall  he  made  for 
the  purpose  of  lightening   over   hars   and   shoals,  and   the 


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goods  removed  shall,  as  soon  thereafter  as  practicable,  be 
returned  on  board  the  prize  vessel,  the  same  may  be  carried 
to  port  as  if  no  removal  had  been  made ;  and  no  delivery, 
as  provided  in  the  proceeding  clause,  to  a  magistrate  shall  be 
required. 

Sec.  2.  That  the  first  section  of  the  last  above  recited  act 
be  so  amended  as  to  allow  the  judge  of  a  prize  court,  "where- 
in any  condemnation  may  be  had,  to  order  and  decree  that 
the  said  vessel  and  the  cargo,  or  any  part  thereof,  may,  in 
his  discretion,  and  to  enhance  the  value  thereof,  be  sold  by 
the  marshal  of  the  adjoining  District,  and  at  such  place 
therein  as  he  may  designate :  Provided,  always,  That  the 
duties  upon  all  dutiable  goods  shall  be  paid  from  the  pro- 
ceeds of  sale. 

Approved  August  30,  1861. 


No.  273.]  AN  ACT 

Vesting  certain  powers  in  the  Commissioners  of  the  District 
Courts  of  the  Confederate  States. 

Section  1.  Tlie  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Ame- 
rica do  enact,  That  the  Commissioners  appointed  by  the  Dis- 
trict Courts  of  the  Confederate  States  shall  have  power  to 
issue  warrants  of  arrest  against  offenders,  for  any  crime  or 
offence  against  the  Confederate  States,  or  the  laws  thereof, 
and  to  commit  to  prison  or  admit  to  bail  such  offender,  as 
the  case  may  be,  for  trial  before  such  court,  as  may  have 
cognizance  of  the  offence,  and  with  all  the  powers  in  rela- 
tion to  crimes  and  offences  against  the  Confederate  States, 
or  the  laws  thereof,  which  are  conferred  on  Justices  of  the 
Peace  in  relation  to  crimes  and  offences  against  the  United 
States  of  America,  by  the  Act  of  the  twenty-fourth  of  Sep- 
tember, seventeen  hundred  and  eighty-four,  of  the  Congres3 
of  said  United  States,  entitled  "  An  Act  to  establish  the 
Judicial  Courts  of  the  United  States." 

Sec  2.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  said  Commission- 
ers shall  have  such  compensation  for  their  services  as  is 
given  for  like  services  to  Commissioners  of  the  United 
States,  by  the  Act  of  the  Congress  of  said  United  States, 
entitled  "  An  Act  to  regulate  the  fees  and  costs  to  be  al- 
lowed Clerks,  Marshals  and  Attorneys  of  the  Circuit  and 
District  Courts  of  the  United  States,  and  for  other  pur- 
poses," passed   on  the   twenty-six   of    February,   eighteen 


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hundred  and  fifty-three,  or  by  the  laws  of  the  United  States 
at  that  time  ;  to  be  allowed  by  the  Courts,  and  paid  out  of 
the  Treasury  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America. 

Approved  August  30,  1861. 


No.  275.]  AN  ACT 

To  authorize  the  Appointment  from  Civil  Life  of  Persons, 
to  the  Staffs  of  Generals. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact, 
That  the  President  may.  in  his  direction,  upon  the  applica- 
tion  and  recommendation  of  a  General  of  the  Confederate 

States  Army,  appoint  from  civil  life,  persona  to  the  staff 
authorized  by  law  of  such  officer,  who  shall  have  the  same 
rank  and  pay  as  if  appointed  from  the  Army  of  the  Confed- 
erate States. 

Approved  August  31,  1861. 


No.  276.]  AN  ACT 

Providing  for  the  Appointment  of  Adjutants  of  Regiments 
and  Legions,  of  the  grade  of  Subaltern,  in  addition  to 
the  Subalterns  attached  to  Companies. 

Skotion  1.  The  Congress  of  the.  Confederate  States  of  Ame- 
rica do  enact,  That  Adjutants  of  Regiments  and  Legions, 
may  be  appointed  by  the  President,  upon  the  recommenda- 
tion of  the  Colonel  thereof,  of  the  grade  of  Subaltern,  in 
addition  to  the  Subaltern  officers  attached  to  Companies,  and 
said  Adjutants,  when  so  appointed,  shall  have  the  same 
rank,  pay  and  allowances  as  are  provided  by  law  to  Adju- 
tants of  Regiments. 

Approved  August  31,  1861. 


No.  277.]  AX  ACT 

Providing    for  the   Reception   and  Forwarding    of  Articles 
sqnt  to  the  Army  by  Private  Contribution. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  <>f  ^lm<ricn  do  enact, 
That  the  Secretary  of  War  be  authorized  and  required  to 
make  all  necessary  arrangements  for  the  reception  and  for- 
warding of  clothes,  shoes,  blankets,  and  other  articles  of  lie- 


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cessity  that  may  be  sent  to  the  Army  by  private  contribu- 
tion. 

Approved  August  31,  1861. 


No.  278.]  AN  ACT 

To  allow  Rations  to  Chaplains  in  the  Army. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact, 
That  Chaplains  in  the  Army  be,  and  they  are  hereby,  al- 
lowed the  same  rations  as  privates. 

Approved  August  31,  1861. 


No.  279.]  AN  ACT 

To  reimburse  the  State  of  Florida. 

Whereas,  The  State  of  Florida  has  made  large  out-lays 
of  money  in  the  arming,  equip[p]ing  and  maintaining  troops 
for  the  service  of  the  Confederate  States,  and  in  the  con- 
struction of  sea  coast  defences  whereby  the  State  of  Florida 
has  exhausted  her  treasury,  and  has  great  need  of  money  to 
carry  on  her  military  operations  :   Therefore — 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact, 
That  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  is  hereby  directed  to 
issue  to  the  State  of  Florida,  upon  the  application  of  the 
Governor  of  said  State,  three  hundred  thousand  dollars  in 
Treasury  Notes :  Provided,  That  the  said  State  deposit  with 
the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  of  the  Confederate  States  an 
equal  sum  in  the  bonds  of  the  State  of  Florida  authorized 
to  be  issued  under  an  ordinance  of  the  Convention  of  said 
State,  which  bonds  shall  be  held  by  the  Secretary  of  the 
Treasury  until  the  account  of  the  State  of  Florida,  for  ad- 
vances made  for  military  purposes,  is  adjusted  as  Congress 
may  direct. 

Approved  August  31,  1861. 


No.  283.]  [A  RESOLUTION  # 

In  relation  to  Drillmasters  appointed  by  States.] 

Whereas,  Under  the  authority  of  some  of  the  States, 
Drillmasters  were  attached  to  various  regiments;  And, 
whereas,  such  office[r]s  are  not  recognized  by  the  laws  of  the 


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Confederate  States,  and  consequently  were  not  mustered  into 
service :  And  whereas,  several  of  such  Drillmasters  have 
nevertheless  continued  to  do  effective  service,  voluntarily, 
with  their  respective  regiments :  Therefore — 

Resolved,  That  such  Drillmasters  be  granted  an  honorable 
discharge  whenever  they  shall  apply  therefor. 

Approved  August  31,  1861. 


No.  284.]  AN  ACT 

Making    an    additional    appropriation   for   the   payment    of 
Clerks  and  a  Messenger  for  the  Post  Office  Department, 
and  to  authorize  the  Postmaster  General  to  appoint  an 
additional  Messenger  for  the  Post  Office  Department. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Ame- 
rica do  enact.  That  the  sum  of  five  thousand  dollars  be,  and 
the  same  is,  hereby,  appropriated,  out  of  any  money  in  the 
Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  for  the  payment  of 
such  temporary  Clerks  as  the  Postmaster  General  may  ap- 
point for  the  Post  Office  Department,  and  for  the  payment 
of  an  additional  Messenger  for  the  Post  Office  Department, 
for  the  fiscal  year  ending  February  eighteenth,  eighteen  hun- 
dred and  sixty-two. 

Sec  2.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  Postmaster  Gene- 
ral be,  and  he  is,  hereby,  authorized  to  appoint  an  additional 
Messenger  for  the  Post  Office  Department,  whose  compensa- 
tion shall  not  exceed  four  hundred  dollars  per  annum. 

Approved  August  31.1  SO  1 . 


No.  285.]  AN  ACT 

To  establish  the  rates  of  postage  on  newspapers  and  periodi- 
cals, sent  to  dealers  therein  through  the  mail,  or  by  ex- 
press over  post  roads. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Ame- 
rica do  enact,  That  persons  engaged  as  dealers  in  newspapers 
and  periodicals  may  receive  by  mail  any  quantity  of 
such  papers  and  periodicals  as  they  may  order,  on  the  pay- 
ment at  the  place  of  delivery,  of  the  same  rate  of  postage 
0 


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as  is  required  by  the  existing  law  to  be  paid  by  the  regular 
subscribers  to  such  newspapers  or  periodicals. 

Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  persons  engaged  in  buying 
and  selling  newspapers  and  periodicals,  to  carry  any  quan- 
tity of  such  papers  and  periodicals  over  the  post  roads  of 
the  Confederate  States,  outside  of  the  mail,  upon  prepaying 
the  postage  at  the  same  rate  charged  to  regular  subscribers 
to  such  papers  and  periodicals  into  the  post  office  nearest 
the  place  of  publication  or  purchase  thereof;  and  such  pre- 
payment shall  be  indicated  by  the  stamp  of  such  post  office 
or  by  writing  upon  the  paper  so  sent. 

Sec  3.  Any  person  violating  the  provisions  of  this  act 
shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  fifty  dollars,  to  be  recovered 
by  action  of  debt  in  the  name  and  for  the  use  of  the  Con- 
federate States. 

Approved  August  31,  1861. 


No.  287.]  RESOLUTIONS 

To  provide  Troops  in  the  field  with  Bread  and  fresh  Provi- 
sions. 

Resolved  by  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America, 
That  the  Secretary  of  War  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  directed  to 
furnish  to  such  of  our  troops  in  the  field  as  desire  it,  upon 
requisition  made,  and  whenever  practicable,  in  lieu  of  the 
usual  ration  of  flour  an  equivalent  of  well  backed  bread ;  to 
this  end  he  is  authorized  to  establish  bakeries  in  such  num- 
bers and  at  such  points  as  may  be  necessary  or  to  make  con- 
tracts for  the  supply  of  such  bread. 

Resolved,  That  a  daily  ration  of  fresh  vegetables  be  furn- 
ish[ed]  to  all  troops  whenever  the  same  can  be  provided  at 
reasonable  cost  and  charges  to  the  Government. 

Approved  August  31,  1861. 


No.  288.]  RESOLUTIONS 

In  regard  to  certain  Moneys  of  the  Congress. 

Resolved,  That  J.  J.  Hooper,  Secretary  of  the  Congress, 
be  directed  to  place  the  sum  of  three  hundred  and  twenty- 
five  dollars,  for  which  he  sold  the  iron  safe  of  the  Congress 


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to  the  Governor  of  Alabama,  to  the  credit  of  the  contingent 
fund  of  the  Congress. 

Resolved,  further,  That  the  sums  for  which  the  articles  of 
furniture  of  the  Congress,  at  Montgomery,  and  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  the  Revision  of  the  Laws,  -were  sold,  be  also 
placed  to  the  credit  of  said  contingent  fund,  by  the  Agent  of 
Treasury  Department  under  whose  direction  the  said  articles 
were  sold. 

Resolved,  further,  That  said  Secretary  report  to  the  Con- 
gress, at  its  next  session,  his  action  under  these  resolutions. 

Approved  August  31,  1861. 


No.  289.]  RESOLUTIONS 

In  respect  to  the  Accounts  of  the  Congress. 

Resolved  by  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate  St  at  is  of  Ame- 
rica, That  the  accounts  against  the  Congress,  based  on  and 
being  within  the  estimates  of  the  Secretary  for  expenses 
payable  out  of  the  contingent  fund  of  the  Congress,  shall 
be  paid  out  of  said  fund,  where  such  estimates  are  marked 
"Approved"  by  the  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Ac- 
counts, and  where  the  said  Secretary  certifies  the  accounts 
founded  thereon  to  be  just  and  correct. 

Resolved,  further,  That  accounts  against  the  Congress, 
approved  by  said  Committee  of  Accounts,  be  paid  out  of 
said  contingent  fund. 

Approved  August  31,  1861. 


By  virtue  of  lie  IPresident's  Proolamatien  hereunto  sub- 
joined, Congress  re-assembled  on  the  3d  day  of  Septem- 
ber, 1861,  when  the  two  following  A.ots  -were  passed 

PROCLAMATION 

BY    THE 

PRESIDENT  OF  THE  CONFEDERATE  STATES. 

Whereas,  through  accident,  a  bill  to  authorize  the  Pre- 
sident to  continue  the  appointments  made  by  him  in  the 
military  and  naval  service  during  the  recess  of  Congress  or 
the  present  session,  and  to  submit  them  to  Congress  at  its 
next  session,  failed  to  be  delivered  to  the  President  for  his 
signature  prior  to  the  adjournment  of  Congress,  and 
whereas,  the  failure  of  said  bill  to  become  a  law,  would 
cause  serious  inconvenience  to  the  public  service — 

Now,  therefore,  I,  Jefferson  Davis,  President  of  the 
Confederate  States,  do  issue  this  my  proclamation,  convoking 
the  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  for  the  transaction 
of  business,  at  the  Capitol,  in  the  city  of  Richmond,  on  the 
3d  day  of  September,  at  12  o'clock,  noon,  of  that  day,  of 
which  all  who  shall  at  that  time  be  entitled  to  act  as  mem- 
bers of  that  body  are  hereby  required  to  take  notice. 

#######  Given  under  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the 

*seal.#       Confederate  States,  at  Richmond,  this  2nd 
**##*##       da,y  of  September,  A.  D.  1861. 

JEFFERSON  DAVIS. 
By  the  President, 

R.  M.  T.  Hunter,  Secretary  of  State, 


No.  290.]  AN  ACT 

To  authorize  the  President  to  continue  the  appointments 
made  by  him,  in  the  Military  and  Naval  Service,  during 
the  recesses  of  Congress,  or  the  last  or  present  session, 
and  to  submit  them  to  Congress  at  its  next  session. 

Section  1.   The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Ame- 
rica do  enact.  That  the  President  be  authorized  to  continue 


/  / 


the  appointments  made  by  him,  in  the  Military  and  Naval 
Service,  during  the  recesses  of  Congress,  or  during  the  last 
or  present  session,  and  to  submit  them  to  Congress  at  the 
commencement  of  its  next  session. 

Approved  September  3,  1861. 


No.  291.]  AN  ACT 

Supplemental  to  an  Act  to  establish  the  Rates  of  Postage 
on  Newspapers  and  Periodicals  sent  to  dealers  therein 
through  the  Mails,  or  by  Express  over  Post  Roads. 

Section  1 .  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Ame- 
rica do  enact,  That  the  word  "  the"  where  it  last  occurs  in 
the  second  section  of  said  Act  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby, 
stricken  out,  and  the  word  "  each"  substituted  in  its  stead. 

Approved  September  3,  1861. 


Confederate  States  of   America,  > 
Department  of  Justice.      ) 

I  do  hereby  certify  that  the  foregoing  Laws  an^  Resolu- 
tions have  been  carefully  compare  t  with  the  original  Rolls 
on  file  in  this  Department. 

JAMES  M.  MATTHEWS, 

Law  Clerk. 
Richmond.  4th  September,  1861. 


INDEX. 


ACCOUNTS— 

Against  Congress  :  how  paid, 

feec  title  Claims  and  "  '5 

ADJUTANT  GENERAL—  '  "  51,52,55 

ADjV5A^rCeinhiS°fficeiaCreftS^             -           -  48 

Of  Regiments  and  Legions,  of  the  grade  of  Subaltern 

ADMIrISy- PP°mted-     TlHir  W  iln(l  **™*->  71 

ADVANCES-  C0StsinAdmiraIt7  cases,    -           -           .  40 

Upon  contracts, 

AIDS-DE-CAMP—                                      "  13-14 

PrnaidsTaffUth0-riaed  t0  apP°int  tn'°  for  his  P*rso- 
ALIEN  ENEMIES—  38 

APPE  A^™^f  their  Estates;  Property  ud'lflh^      Jfcg 

From  District  Courts  before  organization  of  the  Su 

preme  Court,  when  returnable        - 
Prt^ndaecfionsofthe  Courts  under  the  Sequestra! 
APPOINTMENTS—  "  "  "  -  6fi 

A  PPROPrI  SSofi?^  fc°  COngreSS  at  Ua  -*  -SK1     76,77 

F,li  S'JKflSv'  rh-\sV'i!,,,s  -"'Ployed  in  conjunc- 

-to0»™»tn«  Medical  Staff  of  the  Army,    -  o. 

For  the  Public  Defence.  -  ^     "  3-1 

For  Military Jffospitals  -  "  M 

Por^sidenftf  Alabama  and  Florida'RaUroid  Com;  36 

For  expenses  of  Government  '.  '  AA  fl 

For  the  Xaw,  .  "      «-48 

For  construction  of  gun-boats,  I  "  *J 

suppii!'s!rCha-e  °f  *  StCi,"Ur  a,,,1  C°rtain  ,,li,itar^ 
rorthe  transmission  ofthe  Funds  of  the  Confederate 

For  the  payment  of  temporary  Clerk's  ;in,l  ^  .,,,,,,_■ 
tional  messenger  for  the  P.ostoffice  Department    - 


6 


10 


so 

09 

73 


82 

APPROPRIATIONS— Continued. 

To  carry  into  effect  an  act  to  authorize  the  issue  of 
Treasury  notes,  and  to  provide  a  war  tax  for  their 
redemption,  -----  43 

To  supply  deficiencies  in  the  revenue  of  the.  Post  Of- 
fice Department,       -----       43-44 

ARMORIES— 

Superintendents  of,  to  be  appointed,  38 

Master  Armorers,        -----  38 

A  RMS- 
Superintendent  of  Armories  for  the  fabrication  of 

small  arms,  to  be  appointed,  38 

ARMY— 

Amendment  of  an  act  for  its  establishment  and  or- 
ganization,   ------  9 

Civilians  may  be  appointed  as  Staff  Officers,  -         %-ll 

Two  field  officers  allowed  certain  battalions  of  vol- 
unteers,        ______  9 

Assistant  Adjutants  Ceneral  may  be  appointed  for 

volunteer  forces.     Their  rank  and  pay,     -  -  9 

Surgeons  and  Assistant  Surgeons  in  the  Provisional 

Army  for  the  Hospitals,      -  19 

Provision  for  the  payment  of  horses  purchased  for, 

by  Col.  McDonald,  -----  33 

Appropriation  for  the  services  of  Physicians  employ- 
ed in  conjunction  with  the  Medical  Staff  of  the  Ar- 
my,   -------34 

Volunteers  for  local  defence  and  special  service,      -  34 

>Cooks  and  nurses  for,  35 

Corps  of  Artillery  increased,  37 

Military  storekeepers  of  ordnance  to  be  appointed,  37 

Also  Superintendents  of  armories  and  Master  Ar- 
morers, ------  38 

Aid-de-Camp  for  President's  Staff,  38 

Additional  Sergeants  allowed  each  company,  -  38 

Clothing  for  the  Army,  50 

Adjutants  of  Regiments  and  Legions  of  the  grade  of 

subaltern  may  be  appointed,  71 

Reception  and  forwarding  of  articles  sent  to  the  Ar- 
my, by  private  contribution,  -  -  -  71 
Rations  allowed  Chaplains,  72 
Drill-masters  appointed  by  States,  to  be  honorably 

discharged  on  application     -  72-73 

Bread  and  fresh  vegetables  to  be  furnished^  -  74 

ARTILLERY— 

Corps  of,  increased,     ------  .37 

ASSAYERS— 

See  title  Assay  Offices,  and,  45 

ASSAY  OFFICES— 

Established,     ------  45 

Assay ers  to  be  appointed  ;  to  give  bond.     Their  du- 
ties,  -------  45 

Compensation  of  Assayers,  45 

Assayers  to  make  report  to  Secretary  of  the  Treas- 
ury, ------- 


45 


83 

ASSESSORS— 

Of  war  tax,  to  be  appointed;  their  duties,      -  -  22 

Compensation,  "  ~  -  -  -  26 

AT T 0  R  N I ;  Y  ( 1  E  X  E R  A  L— 

His  duties  as  to  printing,  publication   and  distribu- 
tion of  the  laws,        -  12—13 
Authorized  to  appoint  Taw  Clerk  in  the  Department 

of  Justice.     ---•-__  ]■■> 

Duties  of,  under  the  act  providing  a  mode  of  authen- 
ticating claims  against  the  Confederate  Slates  and 
against  the  United  States  Government,     -  .  55 

To  proscribe  uniform  rules  of  proceeding  under  the 
Sequestration  Act,  g« 

ATTORNEYS— 

Mileage  of  District  Attorneys,  -  t^q 

Fees  of  District  Attorneys  in  admiralty  cases,         -  40 

BAKERIES— 

To  be  established,       "  ~  -  -  -  74 

BEAUR  EGARD,  ( J ENER  AL— 

Resolution  of  thanks  to.  and  to  the  officers  and 
troops  under  his  command,  -  -  _  |-, 

BREAD— 

For  the  aimy,  -  j 

BUREAU  OF  ENGINEERS— 

Clerical  force  in,  increased,    -  -  _  _  10 

CADETS— 

From  North  Carolina  Institute,  acting  with  First 
Regiment  of  Volunteers  from  that  State,  to  be 
mustered  into  service,  -  r 

CHAPLAINS— 

Allowed  same  rations  as  privates,    --_-•! 
CHURCHES— 

Donations  by,  on  Fast  Dav.  how  disposed  wC  -  •' 

CL A IMS- 
Mode  of  authenticating  claims  against  the  Confede- 
rate   States,  -  re 
Auditing  of  claims  of  the  States  against  the  Confe- 
derate Government,             -                                           51-50 
Of  citizens   of  the -Confederate   States   against   the 

United  States,  where  to  be  filed, and  how  proved,  ;..r) 

Report  of  Attorney  General  thereon  to  Congress,  55 

For   certain    postal    service    rendered,  how    verified 
and  established;  report  of  Postmaster  General, 
When  such  claims  barred,      -  -,.•  -~ 

LERKS- 

llow  Clerks  of  District   Courts   to  make  out  writs 

of  error,        -----.  q 

Increase  of,  in  the  AYar  Department,  -  _       47-4g 

Fees  of,  in  admiralty  cases,     -  _  40 

See  title  Offic«r$. 

CLOTHING— 

For  the  army,  -  _  -, 

Commutation  allowed  for,  -  k< 


84 

COLLECTORS— 

Of  "war  tax,  to  be  appointed.  22 

Their  duties,     -  -  -  -  -       22-27 

Compensation,  -  -  -  -  -       26, 27 

COMMISSIONERS— 

Additional  Commissioners  to  foreign  nations,  -  33 

Their  pay  and  emolument,  33 

President  to  determine  to  what  nations  the  Commis- 
sioners now  in  Europe  shall  be  accredited,  -  32 
Commissioners  under  Sequestration  Act;  their  du- 
ties and  salaries,      -----  05 
Certain  powers  vested  in  Commissioners  of  the  Dis- 
trict Courts;  their  compensation,               -            -  70 
COMMISSARY  GENERAL— 

Clerical  force  in  his  office  increased,  48 

CONFISCATION— 

Of  the  property  of  alien  enemies,     -  57-07 

CONGRESS— 

Members  of,  may  send  letters  without  pre-paying 

postage,        -  -  -  -  4 

Secretary  of?  to  place  certain  moneys  in  his  hands 

to  the  credit  of  the  Contingent  Fund  of  Congress,       74-75 
Accounts  against  Congress  to  be  paid  out  of  the 

said  fund,      -  -         ,   -  -  -  -  75 

CONTINGENT  FUND— 

Secretary  of  Congress  to  place  certain  moneys  in 

his  hands,  to  the  credit  of  its  Contingent  Fund,       74,  75 
Accounts  to  be  paid  out  of,    -  -  -  -  75 

COOKS— 

Employment  of,  for  the  military  service,  35 

COTTON— 

Act  prohibiting  export  of,  except  through  the  sea 
ports  of  the  Confederate  States,  to  take  immediate 
effect,  ._._-.  20 

COUNT  ERFEITIN  G— 

Of  treasury  notes,  bonds  or  coupons,.  -  28-29,  30 

Uttering  or  publishing  as  true  any  forged  or  coun- 
terfeited treasury  note,  bond  or  coupon,  -       28-29 
Making  or  engraving  plates  to  be  used  in  forging  or 

counterfeiting  any  such  notes  or  bonds,    -  -       29-30 

Of  certificates  of  inscribed  stock,  44 

COURTS— 

When  Supreme  Court  to  be  held,       -  0 

"Writs  of  error  and  appeals  from  District  Courts  be- 
fore organization  of  Supreme  Court,  when  to  be 
made  returnable,      -----  G 

Jurisdiction  of  District  Courts,  -  7 

DEPARTMENTS— See  several  heads. 
DISTRICT  A  TTORNEYS— 

Their  duties  under  Sequestration  Act;    compensa- 
tion, _.----      G3-64 
DISTRICT  COURTS— 

How  clerks  of,  to  make  out  writs  of  error,  -  0 

Jurisdiction.     -------  7 


85 

DONATIONS— 

Made  by  churches  on  the  late  Fast  Pay,  how  dis- 
posed of,        -  -  -  -  -  *     4 
DRILLMASTERS— 

Appointed   by   the    Stales,    to   be    honorably 
charged  on  application,       -  72-73 

DUTIES— 

Certain  duty  paid  by  the  President  of  the  Alabama 
and  Florida  Rail  Road  Company}  to  be  refunded,  30 

ELECTION— 

Of  Senators  for  the  first  Congress  under  Permanent 
Constitution,  _____  37 

evidence- 
How  testimony  perpetuated  in  case  of  abduction  or 
harboring  of  slaves   by  the   enemy,  and  of  other 
property  seized  or  destroyed,         -  67-68 

EXPORTS— 

Of  tobacco,  sugar,  &c«,  and  naval  stores,  except 
through  seaports  of  the  Confedi  rate  States,  pro- 
hibited,          10 

Act, prohibiting  export    of  cotton  except  through 

said  ports,  to  take  immediate  eff  -  -  20 

FEES— 

In  Admiralty  cases,     -----  40 

FELONY— 

Forging  or  counterfeiting  Treasury  Notes,  B 

or  Coupons,  -  -  28-29,30 

Forcing  or  counterfeiting  certificates  of  Inscribed 

Stock.  ___---  44 

FLOATING  DJ  S— 

For  .Mississippi  River,  _-_-,-  54 

FLORIDA— 

Treasury  Nates  to  be  issued  to  reimburse  her  for 
money   expended    in    arming,   &C,   troops   of   the 
Confederate  States,  -  22 

FOREIGN  COIN— 

Value  of,  fixed,  -  -  47 

Receivable  in  payment  of  debts  and  dcmai  -  -L 

FOREIGN  NATIONS— 

Additional  Commissioners  to;  their  pay  and  emol- 

ument,  --  -  -  -  -  -  "' 

To  what  nations  the  Commissioners  D  ■ .'    in   Europe 
shall  be  accredited,  -  -  -  - 

FORGERY— 

Of  Treasury  Notes.  Bonds  or  Coupons, 
Uttering  or  publishing  as  true,  any  f  tr  :  ;od  or  coun- 
terfeited Treasury  Notes,  Bonds  or  Coupon, 
Making  or  engraving  plates  to  be  used  in 

or  counterfeiting  any  such  notes  or  bonds, 
Of  certificates  of  Inscribed  S1    :k,  44 

Garnishment— 

Writ  of  ------ 

Government— 

Appropriation  for  the  expenses  of    - 


86 

GUN-BOATS— 

Construction  of,  authorized,  -  48-40 

Appropriation  for,       -  -  -  -  49 

HORSES— 

Purchased  for   the  Army,  by   C<A.  McI>onald,  to  be 

paid  for,        ■*  -  -  -  -  -  33 

HOSPITALS— 

Surgeons  and  Assistant  Surgeons  in  the  Provisional 

Army  for  Hospitals,  -  -  -"  -  10 

Appropriation  for  Military  Hospitals,  -  -  3d 

INJURIES— 

Suits  for,  the  recovery  of  damages  on  account  of 
injuries  to  person  or  property;  in  what  Court  to 
be  instituted,  -  7 

INSCRIBED  STOCK— 

Issue  of,  in  lieu  of  Coupon  Bonds,  44 

Forgery  or  counterfeiting  of,  -  -  -  44 

•JOHNSTON,  GENERAL— 

Resolution  of  thanks  to,    and   to    the    officers   and 

troops  under  his  command,  -  lr> 

JURISDICTION— 

Of  District  Courts,      -----  7 

JUSTICE  DEPARTMENT— 

Bills  and    Resolutions   passed   by    Congress,    to  be 

deposited  in,  »  12 

Attorney  General  authorized  to  appoint  Law  Clerk 

in;  his  duties  and  salary,  13 

LAWS— 

Safe  custody,  printing,  miblication  and  distribution 
of,     -  -  -  "         -  -  -  -      11-13 

LOCAL  DEFENCE— 

President  authorized  to  accept  volunteers  for  the 
defence  of  exposed  places  or  localities,  or  for 
special  service,  -----  34 

Musterrollto  set  forth  the  services  to  be  performed,  34 

When  such  volunteers  considered  in  actual  service, 

their  pay  or  subsistence,  34 

How  organized,  34 

President  to  appoint  the  field  officers,  -  -      34-35 

MAILS— 

Mail  route  established  from  Groover's  Station,  in 

Georgia,  to  Monticello  in  Florida,  -  -      39-40 

First  contract  for  carrying  mail  over  said  route  to 

be  made  without  advertising  for  bids,  40 

MARATIME  LAW— 

Resolutions  respecting,  10 

SlcCULLOCH,  BRIGADIER  GENERAL— 

Resolutions  of  thanks  to,  and  his  troops,     -  -  30 

MILEAGE— 

Allowed   District  Attorneys,  -  7-8 

MILITARY  ESTABLISHMENT— 

Amendment  of  Act  concerning,  .  0 

MILITARY  STOREKEEPERS— 

President    may   appoint    Military    Storekeepers    of 

Ordnance,  their  pay  and  allowances,  -  -  37 


87 

,    MILITARY  SUPPLIES—     ' 

Appropriation  for  the  purchase  of,  -  .  <,, 

MISSISSIPPI  RIVER—  . 

Floating  defences  for,  .  r , 

MISSOURI—  °4 

Appropriation  for,       - 

Assisted  in  repelling  invasion  by  the  United  Stales"  1\ 

Admission  of,  as  a  member  of -Confederate  States,'      31-^2 
Recognition  ot  Government  of,          -  to 

MOLASSES— 

Export  of,  except  through  seaports  of  Confederate 

States  prohibited,     -  -, 

MONEY—  1U 

See  title  Forrif/n  Coin,  and     -  .- 

NATURALIZATION—  "  "  4' 

Inifofin  rule  of,  for  persons  enlisted  in  the  Army,  40 

UatO    Ot,  -  _  _  _  <n     11 

NAVAL  STORES—  "  "       40'  4l 

Export  of,  except  through  seaports  of  the  Confeder- 
ate States,  prohibited,  ...  ](1 

Appropriation  for  officers  and  others  at  Navv  Yard 

at  Norfolk,  J  . 

N  general,  appropriations  for,    -  _  "  4Cl 

OFFICERS- meDt  °f'  f°r  thC  Military  scrvicc>     "  -  35 

To  sign  Treasury  notes,  - 

Civilians  may  be  appointed  staff  officers,      -  In  71 

Iwo  held  otlieers  allowed* certain  battalions  of  vo- 
lunteers,       - 

Assistant   Adjutants  Cencral  for  volunteer  forces   "  <'» 

(  o  lectors  and  assessors  of  war  tax,  and  their  duties,  22-27 
Additional  Commissioners  to  foreign  nations,  and 

their  Secretaries,      -  o> 
Field  officers  for  battalions  and  regiments  for  local 

defence  and  special  service,             -  34-35 
Officers  added  to  corps  of  artillery;  their  pay  and 

allowances,                                                        _  o- 

Military  storekeepers  of  ordnance,                -             -  37 

Superintendents  of  armories  and  master  armorers,  38 

Aids-oe-camp  for  President's  Staff,  ...  ■> 

Additional  Sergeants  for  companies.                -              .  3^; 

Clerks  in  War  Department  increased,           -            -  47.4^ 

Pees  of  officers  in  admiralty  cases,  4') 
Adjutants   of   regiments  and   legions;    their   rank. 

pay  and  allowances.              _             _             .             _  -1 
Drillmasters  to  be  honorably  discharged  on  appli- 
cation,           -             _             _             _             . 

Temporary  Clerks  and  Messenger  in  Post  Office  De- 
partment,     -  ,-., 
PARTNERSHIPS—                      ■                                     "  " 

Between  citizens  and  alien  enemies  to  be  settled  up  ; 
interests  of  the  latter  therein  to  be  sequestrated,  G6 


■•">-■• 


88 

PATENT  OFFICE— 

Assistant  Examiners,  54 

Messenger,       ______  54 

Applicants  for   patents  to   deposit  money  to  pay 

postage,         ------  54 

PERPETUATING  TESTIMONY— 

In  cases  of  slaves  abducted  or  harbored   by  the 

enemy,  and  of  other  property  seized  or  destroyed,       G7-G8 
PHYSICIANS— 

Appropriations  for  services  of,  employed  in  conjunc- 
tion with  the  Medical  Staff  of  the  Army,  -  34 
POSTAGE— 

Pre-paymcnt  of,  not  required  of  officers,  &c,  of  the 

army,  ______  3_4 

Nor  on  letters  sent  by  a  member  of  Congress  with 

his  official  signature  endorsed,       -  -  -  4 

Applicants  for   patents  to    deposit   money  to  pay 

postage,         ------  54 

Treasury  notes  to  be  received  at  par  for  stamps  and 

stamped  envelopes,  57 

Endorsement  by  member  of  Congress  of  his  name  on 
newspapers,  &c,  not  to  subject  him  to  increase  of 
postage,         ------  57 

Rates  of  postage  on  newspapers  and  periodicals  $cnt 
to  dealers  therein  through  the  mails  or  by  e'xpress 
over  post  roads,        -  73-74. 77 

POSTAL  SERVICE— 

Claims  for,  under  contracts  or  appointments  made 
with  the  United  States  Government,  how  veriiied 
and  established,        --»---  50 

When  claims  barred,  -  5G-57 

POSTMASTER  G  EXERAL— 

Authorized  to  contract  for  earning  the  mail  over  a 

certain  route,  without  advertising  for  bids,  -  40 

To  collecj;  and  distribute  moneys  due  from  post- 
masters,        ___-_-       55-50 

To  make  proclamation  to  persons  who  have  ren- 
dered postal  service  under  the  United  States  Go- 
vernment, to  present  their  claims  to  his  Depart- 
ment, ______  50 

To  prescribe  rules  for  verification  of  such  claims,  50 

To  make  report  of  the  moneys  received  and  amount 

of  claims  ascertained,  &_.,  50 

Authorized  to  appoint  temporary  clerks  and  an  ad- 
ditional Messenger  in  Post  Office  Department,      -  73 
POSTMASTERS— 

To  account  with  General  Post  Oil  ce  for  certain  mo- 

ik'VS  received;  how  said  moneys  distributed,       -  50 

POST  OFFICE  DEPARTMENT— 

Appropriation  to  supply  deficiencies  in  the  reve- 
nue of,  -----  -      43-44 

Temporary  Clerks  and  additional  Messenger  for,     -  73 

POST  ROUTES— 

Act  establishing,  _____  53 


89 

PRESIDENT— 

Authorized  to  receive  into  service  the  First  Regi- 
ment of  North  Carolina  Volunteers,  -  -  4,5 

Also  Cadets  from  the  North  Carolina  Institute,  act- 
ing with  said  regiment,       -  5 

May  appoint  civilians  as  staff  officers,  -  -        9,71 

May  appoint  Assistant  Adjutants  General,  -  9 

Authorized  to  have  constructed  a  newly  invented 
implement  of  "war,  -  14 

Authorized  to  grant  commissions  to  raise  volunteer 
regiments  and  battalions  of  persons  from  Ken- 
tucky. Missouri,  Maryland  and  Delaware,  -      15— 1C 

Authorized  to  employ  the  militia,  military  and  naval 

forces,  and  to  ask  for  and  accept  volunteers,         -  18 

Authorized  to  appoint  Surgeons  and  Assistant  Sur- 
geons in  the  Provisional  Army  for  the  hospitals,  1'.' 

Authorized  to  appoint  Chief  Collectors  of  Taxi  S,  -  22 

Authorised  to  announce  by  proclamation  the  adop- 
tion by  Missouri  of  the  Provisional  Constitution 
of  the  Confederate   States,  -  32 

Authorized  to  perfect  and  proclaim  an  alliance  with 
the  Government  of  Missouri,         -  32 

Authorized  to  appoint  additional  Commissioners  to 
foreign  nations  and  their  Secretaries, 

Authorized  to  determine  to  what  nation  (he  Com- 
missioners in  Europe  shall  It  accredited. 

Authorized  to  accept  volunteers  for  the  defi  nee  of 
exposed  places  or  localities,  and  to  appoint  the 
field  officers,         '  -  -  -  -  -  34 

Authorized  to  appoint  military  store  keepers  of 
ordnance,      -____-  37 

Authorized  to  appoint  superintendents  of  armories, 
and  master  armorers,  -  38 

Authorized  to  appoint  two  aids-de-camp  for  his  per- 
sonal staff,    -------  38 

Authorized  to  appoint  assayers,         -  -l.r> 

Authorized  to  have  gun-boats  constriN  ted,  -  48 

Authorized  to  expend  the  appropriation  for  the  pur- 
chase of  a  steamer  and  certain  military  supplies. 

Authorized  to  establish  recruiting  stations  lor  vo- 
lunteers from  certain  Sta!  -  '-1 

Authorised  to  direct  organization  of  volunteers  into 
companies  and  regiments,  -  51 

Authorized  to  inflict  retaliation   upon  the  per 
of  prisoners,  -  -  -  -  -  53 

Authorized  to   cause  floating  d<  f  •  ho   con- 

structed, for  the  protection  of   the   Mississippi 
river,  -------  54 

Authorized  to  appoint  Commissioners  under  th 
questration  Act,      -  -  -  -  -  65 

His  duties  under  the  act  respecting  alien 

May  appoint  Adjutants  of  regiments  and  l» 

the  grade  of  subaltern,  71 

Proclamation  of.  re-assembling  I  .     -  -  7' 


90 

PRESIDENT— Continued. 

Authorized  to  continue  the  appointments  made  by 

him  in  the  military  and  naval  service,        -  -       70-77 

To  submit  them  to  Congress  at  its  next  session,      -  77 

PRINTING— 

Of  the  Laws,  .....       11-13 

PRISONERS— 

Retaliation  upon  the  persons  of,        -  -  -       53-54 

PRIVATE  CONTRIBUTIONS— 

Reception  and  forwarding  of,  for  the  army.  -  71 

PR/ZES— 

Distribution  of  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  the  A. 

B.  Thompson,  condemned  as  a  prize,  -  -  7 

Breaking  of  bulk  and  the  removal  of  goods  on  cap- 
tured vessels,  _____  0'.) 

Where  vessel  and  cargo  may  be  sold,  -  -  70 

PROCLAMATION— 

Postmaster  General  to  make  proclamation  to  per- 
sons who  have  rendered  postal  service  under  the 
United  States  (Government,  _  _  _  56 

Of  the  President  re-assembling  Congress,     -  -  7<*> 

PI   BLIC  DEBT— 

Appropriation  to  pav  interest  on.      -  -  -  43 

PUBLIC  DEFENCE— 

Act  making  further  provision  for,  amended,  -  8-9 

Employment  of  militia,   military  and  naval  forces, 

and  volunteers,         -  -  -  -  -  Is 

Appropriation  for,  how  distributed.  -  -  36 

PUBLIC  PRINTER— 

Required  to  print  the  laws,  *-  -  -  12 

Allowance  to,  for  printing,    -  -  -  -  13 

QU  AR T ER  M A  ST  ER  G  E  X E R  A  L— 

Clerical  force  in  his  office  increased,  4X 

RECEIVERS— 

Moneys  deposited  in  Receivers  of  the  Courts  to  be 

deposited  in  the  Treasury,  -  -  -  5,  ft 

Receivers  under  Sequestration  Act,  and  their  duties,       59-57 

Their  compensation,  -  65 

May  ask  and  have  the  instructions  of  the  Court,     -  6ft 

RECRU  [TING  STATIONS— 

For  volunteers  from  certain  States,  -  -  51 

REGISTRIES— 

Moneys  deposited  in  Registries  of  the  Courts  to  be 

deposited  in  the  Treasury,  5,  ft 

RESOLUTIONS— 

Of  thanks  to  Generals  Johnson  and  Beauregard  and 

the  officers  and  troops  under  their  command,       -  1"> 

Touching  certain  points  of  Maratime  Law,  -  19 

Relating  to  the  equipments  of   volunteer  cavalry 

companies,  _____  36 

Of  thanks  to  Brigadier  General  McCullough  and  his 
troops,  ______       3&-31.* 

To  provide  troops  in  tho»field  with  bread  and  fresh 

vegetables,    ------  74 


91 

RESOLUTIONS-    Continued. 

In  regard  to  certain  moneys  of  the  Congress,  -       74-75 

In  respect  to  accounts  of  the  Congress, 
RETALIATION— 

Upon  the  persons  of  prisoners,  -  58-54 

Upon  the  property  of  alien  enemies,  -  -      57-07 

REVENUE— 

Act  providing,  amended,         -  10-11 

RICE— 

Export  of.  except  through  the  seaports  of  the  Con- 
federate States,  prohibited,  -  10 
SECRETARY  OF  CONGRESS 

To  place  certain  moneys  in  Ids  hands  to  the  credit 
of  the  Contingent  Fund  of  Congress,        -  -      74-7"> 

SECRETARY  OF  THE  NAVY— 

Authorized  to  contract  for  gun-boats,  -  -  4' 

SECRETARY  OF  THE  TREASURY— 

Authorized  to  appoint  olliccrs  to  sign  Treasury 
Notes.  ..-.-■-  3 

Authorized  to  issue  Bonds  in  lieu  of  moneys  with- 
drawn from  the  Registries  and  Receivers  of  the 
Courts,  _.__--  5-6 

Authorized  to  issue  Treasury  Notes  as  the  public 

necessities  may  require,      -  -  -  -  20 

Authorized  to  issue  Bonds  for  the  purpose  of  fund- 
ing said  notes,  &c,  -  20-21 

Authorized  to  establish  regulations  to  carry  into 
effect  the  act  authorizing  the  issue  of  Treasury 
Notes  and  providing  a  tax  for  their  redemption.  28 

May  correct  errors  in  assessments,  valuations  and 

tax  lists,        -  -  -  -  -  28 

May  dispose  of  unclaimed  goods,       -  -  -  35 

May  cause  to  he  issued  certificates  of  Inscribed 

Stock  in  lieu  of  Coupon  Bonds,      -  -  -  *J  1 

Duties  under  the  act  establishing  assay  offices,        -  45 

To  designate  auditor  and  appoint  extra  clerks  to 
audit  certain  accounts  of  the  States  against  the 
Confederate  Government,     •  -  -      51—52 

To  make  arrangements  for  the  transmission  of  the 

funds  of  the  Confederate  States,    -  69 

To  issue  Treasury  Notes  to  the  State  of  Florida,    -  72 

SECRETARY  OF  WAR— 

Authorized  to  appoint  clerk  to  take  charge  of  arti- 
cles for  the  sick  and  wounded,        - 

Authorized  to  employ   cooks  and  nurses  for   the 

military  service,       ------  35 

Authorized  to  furnish  all  necessary  equipments  to 

volunteer  cavalry  companies,  -  86-38 

Authorized  to  provide  and   furnish  clothing  for  the 

army.  -  -  -  -  -  -  50 

His  duties  under  Naturalization  act,  -  -  4! 

Clerical  force  in  his  department  increased,  -  47 

To  pay  to  the  Governor  of  any  State,  the  value  <>:' 
clothing  furnished  by  such  State  to  its  troops  and 
volunteers,    -  -  -  -  -  -  50 


92 

SECRETARY  OP  WAR— Continued. 

To  make  arrangements  for  the  reception  and  for- 
warding of  articles  sent  to  the  Army  by  private 
contribution,  -  -  -  -  71 

To  provide  troops  in  the  field  with  bread,  &c,  and 

to  establish  bakeries,  74 

SENATORS— 

Election  of,  for  first  Congress  under  the  Permanent 

stitution,  -  -  -  -  -  37 

SEQUESTRATION— 

Of  the  Estate,  Property  and  Effects  of  Alien  Euc- 
mies,  -..._.      57-G7 

SERGE A  XT- 
One  additional  Sergeant  allowed  each  company,     -  3H 
SICK  AND  WOUNDED— 

Provision  mule  for  the  care  of  supplies  for,  -  8 

slaves- 
how  testimony  perpetuated  in  cases  of  slaves  ab- 

ducted  or  harbored  by  the  enemy,  -  -      C7-G8 

SPECIAL  ;  i;;\  K 

See  title  Lvnl  Defence,  and.  -  -  -  -      34-35 

STAFF  OFFICERS— 

Civilians  may  be  appointed,  -     '        -  -  -         9-71 

Aids-de-Camps  on  President's  Staff,  -  -  38 

STATES— 

Certain  accounts  and  claims  of,  against  the  Confed- 
erate Government  to  be  audited,    -  51-52 
STEAM  K RS— 

Appropriation  for  the  purchase  of,  50 

S  CJGA  It- 
Export  of,  excepi  through  the  seaports  of  the  Con- 
federate Slates,  prohibited,  .  -  10 

SUPERINTENDENT  OF  PUBLIC  PRTNTING*- 

To' contract  for  the  binding  of  the  laws,       -  -  12 

To  furnish  piper  to  the  Public  Printer,        -  -       12-13 

SUPPLIES—  *         • 

Appropriation  for  the  purchase  of  Military  supplies,  50 

Private  contributions  for  the  Army  to  be  receivi  1 

and  forwarded,         -----       71-72 

SUPREME  COURT— 

When  to  be  held,         -      .       -  -  -  -  6 

SURGEONS— 

May  be  appointed  in  the  Provisional  Army  for  the 

Hospitals;     ------  19 

SYRUP— 

Export  of,  except  through  the  seaports  of  the  Con- 
federate Slates,  prohibited,  10 

TARIFF— 

Act,  amended,  -----       10-11 

tax; 

War  tax  provided,  for  the  redemption  of  Treasury 

notes,             ------  21 

Collectors  and  Assessors  of  tax  to  be  appointed,      -  ,  22 

Bond  and  security  required  of  Chief  Collector,        -  22 

Duties  of  Collectors  and  Assessors,  -            -            -  22-27 


93 

TAXES— Continued. 

Distress  for  taxes,       -  23-20 

Taxes  assessed  to  be  a  statutory  lien,  -  -  27 

Compensation  of  Tax  Collectors,       -  20  27 

Correction  of  errors  in  assessments,  valuations  and 
tax  lists,       ----,-_  28 

TOBACCO— 

Exporl  of,  except  through  the  seaports  of  the  Con- 
federate States,  prohibited,  10 
TRANSMISSION  OF  FINDS—  Q9 
TRANSPORTATION— 

Of  Supplies  for  the  Army  Furnished  byprivate  con- 
tribution,    ------  71 

TREAS1  RY— 

Officers  to  sign  treasury  notes,  -  3 

Moneys  deposited  in  the  Registries  and  bceeivcrs 

til'  the  Courts  to  be  deposited  in  the  treasury,       -  5-6 

Bo   ds  to  lie  issued  in  lieu  of  the  amounts  deposited,  5-0 

When  treasury  notes  may  be  issued  in  lieu  of  first 

issue,  -  -  _  .  .  iQ 

Treasury  nbtes  may  be  issued  as  the  public  necessi- 
ties may  require;  war  tax  provided  for  their  re- 
demption,    ---_._      20-30 

Provision  for  the  funding  of  said  notes,  &c,  -       20-21 

Forging  or  counterfeiting  of  treasury  notes.  bonds, 

or  coupons,  ---___      28-30 

Notes  to  l>c  received  at  par  for  stamps  and  stamped 
envelopes,     -  -  -  -  '    _  57 

Notes  receivable  in  payment  of  purchases  of  pro- 
perty sold  under  Sequestration  Act,         -  -  00 

Notes   to  lie  issued  to  State  of  Florida,  72 

UNCLAIMED  GOODS— 

May     lie     disposed    of    by   the     Secretary     of    the 

Treasury,      --_.__  35 

VEGETABLES— 

Fresh  vegetables  to  be  furnished  troops,       -  -  74 

VOLUNTEERS— 

President  authorized  to  receive  into  service  the  First 

Regiment  of  North  Carolina  volunteers,    -  -  4-5 

And  to  grant  Commissions  to  raise  volunteer  regi- 
ments and  battalions  oi'  persons  from  Kentucky, 
Missouri.  Maryland  and  Delaware,  -  -        15-10 

Two  Field  Officers  allowed   certain   battalions  of 

volunteers,    ______  «,i 

A.S!      ;a,n  Adjutants    General    for   volunteer  forces,  9 

Services  of  volunteers  may  be  asked  for  and  accept- 
^  ed  by  the  President.  -  -  -  -  1> 

For  local  defence  and  special  service,  -  -  34 

Volunteer  Cavalry  companies  to  lie  furnished  with 
necessary  equipments,        -  30-37 

Recruiting    stations    for     volunteers     from    certain 

Slates/  ._._..  51 

Commissions  to  Captains,  51 

Organization  of  companies  ami  regiments.   -  -  51 

Compensation,  -  r  •-  -  51 


94 

WAR  — 

Appropriation  for  the  construction  of  a  newly  in- 
vented implement  of,  14 

Indemnity  of  persons  aiding  the  Confederate  States 

in  the  war  against  the  United  States,         -  -       57-67 

War  tax,  -  -  -  -  -      20-30 

See  Title  Army, 
W  A  R  1 )  E PA  R T M E  N T— 

Clerical  force  increased,  -  47-48 

To  establish  regulations  for  clothing  the  Army,      -  50 

WAR  TAX— 

Provided  for,  the  redemption  of  treasury  notes,      -       20-  10 

See  title  Taxes, 
WRITS  — 

Of  Error,  from  District  before  organization  of  Su- 
preme Court,  when  returnable,  .  -  (', 

Of  Garnishment,        -  62—03 


ERRATA. 

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